The Rocky Mountains. Emigrants Crossing the Plains, 1866. (G. 5633). Large format lithograph with hand-coloring heightened in gum arabic, printed on very thick wove paper, matted, 660 x 857 mm sheet. Minor toning from matting, a few very minor spots to image and margins, verso toned, otherwise bright.

“Despite the important part which the covered wagon played in the pioneer life of the West there are almost no pictorial records of the wagon trains. This print formed the inspiration for the motion picture, ‘The Covered Wagon.’” (Best Fifty Currier & Ives Lithographs Large Folio Size, 1932).

VERY RARE: According to online records, only two examples of this print have sold at auction in the last 60 years. Conningham 5196. Literature: No. 9 on the list of Original Best Fifty Large Folio Currier & Ives prints.