A color print of two steamships with billowing smokestacks on a river at night and a yellow full moon reflected in the water.

A Midnight Race on the Mississippi.

H. D. Manning, Frances Flora Bond Palmer (1812-1876)

Date

1860
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Published by Currier & Ives
Dimensions

Image: 18 1/8 x 27 15/16 in.
Sheet: 21 9/16 x 29 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: F.F. PALMER DEL. FROM A SKETCH BY H.D. MANNING OF THE NATCHEZ.
l.c.: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1860, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DIST. OF N.Y. \ A MIDNIGHT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. \ NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES 152 NASSAU ST.
l.r.: LITH. OF CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1969.43.2
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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