View from Maricopa Mountain Near Rio Gila by Pratt Ceramic Ornament

View from Maricopa Mountain Near the Rio Gila (1855) by HC Pratt is a vintage American West fine art landscape painting. The Sonoran Desert of the American Southwest with the blossom of the saguaro flower, the official wildflower of Arizona. A large blooming Saguaro cactus plant with a bird on the top and the Gila River in the background. An area where the conquistadors, cowboys and pioneers would roam the frontier. About the artist: Henry Cheever Pratt (1803–1880) was an American artist and explorer and painted landscapes of the American Southwest while on boundary surveying expeditions.