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New Orleans Harbor, Mississippi River Shipping and Steamers, Engraving ca.1850
$390
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Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1850
- Sheet size
- 9.2 × 12.4 in (23.3 × 31.6 cm)
- Condition
- Good. Good antique condition. Light age toning and faint spotting in the margins, consistent with age. The image itself is strong and clear, with good contrast. A visible plate mark is present. No major tears or losses observed.
- Collection
- Harbours & ports
- Era
- 1850 and after, Steam and steel
- Stock no.
- f_47991492
New Orleans from the river, a steel engraving after a drawing by A. R. Waud, engraved by D. G. Thompson and published in London by Cassell, Petter and Galpin. The plate title "New Orleans" is lettered in script below the image.
In the foreground a wharf is piled with barrels and bales, and men work in the shade of improvised canvas awnings. Rowboats and small sailing craft lie alongside. Beyond them the Mississippi opens into a wide harbor crowded with ships: tall-masted sailing vessels, a large steamer throwing out a heavy column of smoke, and riverboats with tall chimneys. A long skyline of warehouses, chimneys and church towers stretches along the far bank under a clouded sky.
Alfred Waud was an American illustrator known for his on-the-spot drawings of American scenes. The view shows the port that carried the cotton and goods of the lower Mississippi valley, with sail and steam working side by side.
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