The Rocky Mountains : emigrants crossing the plains

The Rocky Mountains : emigrants crossing the plains

Frances F. Palmer

1866

This is a lithograph painted during the California gold rush of emigrants crossing the lands to reach California. This relates back to The Lamplighter because during the story, we see Gertrude receive a letter from her father, who describes what happened during the California Gold Rush, where many people moved from their homes to California, in order to try and profit on the recent discovery of gold. We see in the lithograph the people moving across the Rocky Mountains, moving to California in order to capitalize on this. The lithograph shows us how these people crossed to their new homeland, bringing everything on covered wagons and hauling it across the United States.

Nicholas Bridge

Palmer, Francis. The Rocky Mountains: crossing the emigrant plain. Loc.gov. Library of Congress. Web.

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English

Currier & Ives

Lithograph

Lithograph

48.5 x 65.3 cm, on sheet 61 x 75 cm