Entrance to Kanesville (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Item
Title
Entrance to Kanesville (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Creator
Frederick Piercy
English, active United States, 1830–1891
English, active United States, 1830–1891
Date
1853
Materials
Sepia on paper
Description
Frederick Piercy accompanied a group of Mormon converts from England to Utah in 1853, depicting their lengthy and taxing trek at every stage. Upon his return to England, Piercy’s sketches were reproduced as engravings in Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley (1855), a book regarded as a compelling visual travelogue of immigration in the American West. Of the locale depicted here, Piercy wrote, with typical candor, “I found Kanesville to be a very dirty, unhealthy place.”
Source
The John Driscoll American Drawings Collection
Identifier
2018.186
Rights
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses may not be permitted.