US 1869 Landing of Columbus (1847), painting by John Vanderlyn 15c. Scott. 119


US 1869 Landing of Columbus (1847), painting by John Vanderlyn 15c. Scott. 119


Series: 1869 National Bank Note Co.

Issued date: 23-05-1869 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 15c.
Emission: Definitive (Type II)

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 119
Michel (Germany): 32II
Yvert et Tellier (France): 35a

Dimensions (height x width):
25.4mm x 25.4mm

Stamp Colors: Blue & Brown
Perforation: line 12
Paper: Hard wove paper
Gum: Brown

Themes: Paintings, Flags

Note: G Grill, 9½x9mm (12 x 11-11½ points).

Total print: 1,376,700

Description:- This engraving, by H. B. Hall, is based on an oil painting by John Vanderlyn. Vanderlyn (1775–1852) was an American neoclassicist painter from Kingston, New York. In 1836, Vanderlyn was commissioned by Congress to paint The Landing of Columbus. A commission of that caliber was both a boon to an artist’s standing and an opportunity to create an enduring historical image, and the painting would prove to be one of Vanderlyn’s most well-known works. He completed the painting in 1846, and it was mounted in the Rotunda of the Capitol in 1847. Vanderlyn’s portrayal soon appeared in advertisements, on postage stamps in 1869 and 1893, and on currency in the 1870s. Viewed by thousands in the Capitol and by countless more in various incarnations, The Landing of Columbus came to be the prevailing representation in the American imagination of Columbus’s discovery of the New World.

Source: ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/landing-columbus-1492