ARTIST: Henry Lewis
PUBLISHER: Published by Heinrich Arnz & Co. Dusseldorf.
MEDIUM: Multi-stone lithograph with some handcoloring,
DATE: 1854-57.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 3/8 x 7 3/4" (138 x 196 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Printed by C. H. Muller. Aachen. From DAS ILLUSTRIERTE MISSISSIPPITHAL (The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated). <br><br> In the late 1840's Henry Lewis traveled the length of the Mississippi and with the assistance of other artists assembled a collection of sketches detailing scenery of the entire river. Based on these drawings, Lewis proceeded to paint a panorama on a continuous length of canvas which would be moved and viewed through a frame. In the fall of 1848, the completed piece (hundreds and hundreds of feet in length), began its tour of American cities. A European tour followed and while in Dusseldorf, in 1853, Lewis teamed up with the publisher Heinrich Arnz to redo the sketches as lithographs illustrating a book on Mississippi scenery. <br><br> While production was sporadic and relatively unprofitable, the resulting seventy-eight lithographs provide a early and remarkably complete record of the Mississippi River.
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CONDITION: Good condition and color. Small printing dot in sky.
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