Engraved by James Smillie in 1866 after Albert Bierstadt’s monumental 1863 painting, 'The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak,' this masterpiece represents a pinnacle of nineteenth-century American landscape art. Smillie’s meticulous steel engraving translates Bierstadt's dramatic play of light and majestic geological scale into a rich, tonal graphic medium. Capturing the sublime grandeur of the American West, the composition balances towering peaks with an intimate depiction of a Native American encampment in the foreground. Each print, regardless of format, is finished with a refined, gallery-ready presentation featuring a clean white gallery border that floats the artwork in standard proportions with no cropping, preserving the complete architectural integrity of Smillie's original engraving.
About Your Border
Every format — Fine Art Print, Framed Fine Art Print, Canvas and Framed Canvas — is supplied with a clean white gallery border framing the image on all four sides. The border is sized in proportion to the piece — approximately 10% of the shortest edge on each side (for example, about 3 cm of white border on a 30 cm-wide piece) — so the artwork keeps its standard proportions with no cropping and is ready to hang or frame straight away. If you prefer, you can also place your own mount/mat on top.
Would you like a different border width, a borderless full-bleed version, or any other adjustment? Just let us know within 24 hours of ordering and we'll tailor it for you at no extra cost.
