Brown University Artists_Albert Bierstadt streams of American immigrants had

streams of American immigrants had begun to make their way west in wagon trains

Several unfinished pieces offered here provide some insight into his drawing process

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was responsible for debriefing ship crews

Brown University Artists_Albert Bierstadt streams of American immigrants hadRichard Rummell Brown University Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed.