The Domes of the Yosemite Valley. Prang's Chromo after After John R. Key. 73. [Boston]: Louis Prang, 1873. Chromolithograph, 18.5x36.2 cm (7x14 inches). Accompanying the print is a "Prang's American Chromos" label copyright 1873 and a "List of Prang's Chromos. April 1st, 1874." This chromolithograph is part of "Prang's American Chromos" series, fourteen of which (as of 1 April 1874) are California views after John R. Key. All the views in this series are 14x7 inches high or long, and each is priced $3.00. Five of the chromos are views of Yosemite Valley: "Yosemite Valley, Looking East from the Mariposa Trail," "Yosemite Valley, Looking West," "The Domes of the Yosemite" [titled "The Domes of the Yosemite Valley" in the stone], "Bridal Veil Fall, Yosemite Valley" and "Nevada Fall, Yosemite Valley," and one is "Big Trees, Calaveras Grove." "The Domes of the Yosemite Valley" is number 12 of the "California Views." John Ross Key (1832-1920) "studied art in Munich and Paris before establishing a studio in Boston ... In 1869 he moved to San Francisco for a one year stay and concentrated on landscapes of Yosemite, Tahoe, Point Lobos, and the Mariposa Big Trees. His California works were lithographed by the Louis Prang Co. in the 1870s and at the 1876 Centennial in Philadelphia he received a gold medal for his oil of The Golden Gate" (Hughes, p. 254). Peters, California on Stone, p. 181. Not examined out of frame; by sight -- tiny nick to surface at right edge, else a fine copy. (#179173).
Price: $1,500.00
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