Towing on the Mississippi, from the Belize to New Orleans.

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  SKU: 55416

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• PUBLISHER: Published in Ballou's Pictorial drawing Room Companion.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving, modern hand-color,

  DATE: 1856

• EDITION SIZE: Image size: 6 1/16 x 8 3/8" (152 x 232 mm) plus title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: A 19th-century perspective of Towing on the Mississippi from the Belize to New Orleans, captured as a wood engraving and handcolored to highlight the details. This 1856 scene shows steamboats towing sailing vessels, illustrating the transition from sail to steam power. The handcolored details highlight the changing technology and the growing dominance of steam over traditional sailing ships on the Mississippi River.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a mat for handling. 14 x 11" mat.

• CONDITION: Overall good condition. Paper has toning.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Naval, Nautical & Marine , Mississippi River