Bachmann, John (1814-1896). Birds eye view of New-Orleans. New York, 1851 (First Edition). Cartographer_Martin Waldseemuller Louis up the Missouri River

Louis up the Missouri River on the American Fur Company steamboat “Yellowstone

When Catlin first issued his portfolio

The watercolors Robert completed under Gaston d'Orleans and then Louis XIV for the royal collection fed the interest and provided the inspiration for the great masters of botanical and ornithological art who followed: Jean Joubert

largest exploratory expedition ever mounted

eventually heading to what is now Kansas to find the supposedly rich city of Quivira

Bachmann, John (1814-1896). Birds eye view of New-Orleans. New York, 1851 (First Edition). Cartographer_Martin Waldseemuller Louis up the Missouri RiverBachmann, John (1814 1896). Birds eye view of New Orleans. Color printed lithograph. New York, 1851 (First Edition). 26 x 34 3 4" sheet, 30 x 39 inches framed. Rare view of New Orleans by John Bachman, or Bachmann. John Reps, in "Views and Viewmakers of Urban America" p. 160, states "No finer artist of city views worked in America than John Bachmann. Unfortunately, there is no artist about whom less is known" Bachman is believed to have emigrated from