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Landscapes and Topography - Californiana
Winter in The Yosemite Valley (1888)By: James Dewing - Julian Rix Size: 7.00 H x 10.50 W inches Source: Muir, John, ed. Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico. San Francisco: James Dewing, 1888. Item #: 130154 Photogravure, 25x35 cm (10x13.5”); 18x26.5 cm (7x10.5”) in the plate. Signed in the plate, l. right. W/ cover page. Matted & sealed.San Francisco-based publisher James Dewing (ca. 1846-1902) helmed the first major illustrated work on the West produced by Western Americans, Picturesque California, with text by the famous naturalist John Muir. The work was published serially in thirty parts, with >800 images produced by a variety of printing techniques, such as this example. $325 |