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Original Gigantic Moving Panorama of the Mississippi River, (painting)

Catalog Data

Artist:
Smith, John R. and Professor Risley  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. [not numbered]
Great National Painting. Professor Risley's Original Gigantic Moving Panorama of the Mississippi River Extending from the Falls of St. Anthony to the Gulf of Mexico, Painted by John R. Smith, Sq. Depicting nearly Four Thousand Miles of American Scenery, Running through Nine States of the Union, (Sixteen Degrees of Latitude, from the Wheat of the North to the Orange of the South;) being One Third Longer than any other Pictorial Work in Existence: Four Miles in Length. Philadelphia: Brown's Book, Card and Job Printing Office, Ledger Buildings. 1853.
Topic:
Landscape--Panorama  Search this
Landscape--River--Mississippi River  Search this
Control number:
AECI 08340008
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_121760