Feature Points
- VINTAGE MAP CANVAS ART: You’ll love this high-quality canvas art reproduction of 1889 Denver Colorado Map Canvas Art. Our ready-to-hang maps are printed and framed in the USA by professional art framers using the highest quality materials. Each order is inspected for quality. This beautiful artwork is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Vintage maps look great in the home, study or office. They also make an unforgettable gift.
- A LOOK BACK AT HISTORY: This is an impressive, historic reproduction of 1889 Denver Map. A true piece of history. Historic prints beautifully link the past with the present. You may find yourself staring at your historic wall art for hours in amazement. See our product description section for more fascinating information about this historic map and its significance.
- QUALITY CANVAS: To display this amazing piece of history, we use museum-quality heavyweight (400gsm), satin/gloss, American made canvas. Our canvas is OBA-free which allows the print to retain its color quality for generations. The canvas displays vintage map art with accurate color reproduction. This high quality canvas print will be a wonderful addition to your vintage-themed wall.
- READY TO HANG: This high-quality canvas wrap wall art displays beautifully in almost any environment. The stretcher bar is made out of kiln-dried poplar wood. This canvas wall art has a 1.5 inch wrap on each side. Our canvas wrap prints are made-to-order in the USA by professional art framers. Frames arrive ready-to-hang, preinstalled with hanging hardware.
- HISTORIC PRINTS: We love history and art. Sometimes old maps have tears, folds, stamps, separations and other blemishes. We digitally restore and enhance maps while keeping its historical character. Customers all over the world love our historic prints and we know you will too.
Additional Information
Produced and published by prominent American lithographer, illustrator, and cartographer Henry Well this stunning bird's eye perspective of Denver shows the period following a great boom of population and development spurred on by vast discoveries of gold and other minerals in the Rocky Mountains. Perhaps one of the most iconic cities of the American West, Denver, was founded as a gold mining town in 1858 and was little more than prospects tents and a sparse group of merchants supplying them. By 1889 the city had grown and provided the surrounding region with a rail line connecting Cheyenne to Western Kansas that allowed the city to flourish as a trading hub.
Denver was a diverse city in the late nineteenth century with immigrants from Germany, Ireland, China, the American South and East flocking to the city to establish neighborhoods and businesses. The city was experiencing a period of prosperity with the establishment of Opera Houses and other lavish buildings showcasing the city's transformation from a rough mining town. Bird's eye perspectives were produced to highlight notable places, buildings, or other points of civic pride. These depictions were used to market cities to prospective merchants or business owners and to attract new residents.
Wellge's works were among the most popular illustrations during the late nineteenth century into the 1920s and were noted for their attention to detail and accuracy, though not produced to scale. This is an authentic piece of American cartographical history that shows Denver in its race to the turn of the century.
Our ready-to-hang canvas wall art prints are made in the USA using the highest quality materials with professional craftsmanship. This beautiful artwork is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Historic prints look great in the home, study or office. They also make an unforgettable gift.
