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The Mississippi in Time of Peace.

  • ARTIST: Fanny Palmer

  • PUBLISHER: New York, published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street.

  • MEDIUM: Two-stone lithograph handcolored,

    DATE: 1865..

  • EDITION SIZE: Large folio - image size 18 3/8 x 27 13/16" (46.6 x 70.6 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: F. F. Palmer, del.<BR><BR> One of the rarest of all the large-folio Mississippi River images produced. A mate to the equilly rare, the Mississippi in Time of War.<br><br> The image of the flat boatmen in the foreground is taken from George Caleb Bingham's engraving, The Jolly Flat Boatmen.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good conditioin save for several short tears in the upper and lower margins. All well away from image. Fine original hand coloring. A strong impression.

  • REFERENCE: Conningham #4160. Gale #4519