Description of Banvard's panorama of the Mississippi River : painted on three miles of canvas : exhibiting a view of country 1200 miles in length, extending from the mouth of the Missouri River to the city of New Orleans : being by far the largest picture ever executed by man.
Published / Created:
Boston : John Putnam, printer, No. 81, Cornhill, 1847.
Physical Description:
48 pages ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts F353 .B36 1847Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 3223BEIN: Original wrappers.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in later quarter brown morocco and light grey boards. Ex libris Brent Gration-Maxfield.
Contents:
Tribute to native talent -- Adventures of the artist -- Mississippi River -- The panorama -- Life on the Mississippi -- Testimonials.
Subject Terms:
Mississippi River -- Description and travel. | Panoramas. | Flaudrau, Matilda Ann -- Name. | Gration-Maxfield, Brent -- Provenance.