This exhibit showcases intricate illustrations and excerpts from the 1873 overland journey of artists Jules Tavernier and Paul Frenzeny through the Western Frontier. Tasked by Harper Borther’s Publishing Firm in New York, these two artists traveled to the newly opened Western territory to provide updates and images of the captivating frontier to the American public. Tavernier created each engraving’s watercolor painting before handing it off to Frenzeny, who added newsworthy details and drew the scene in pencil on wood blocks. 

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See the exhibition at the Temecula Valley Museum from OCT 3, 2025 to NOV 30, 2025.