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