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This print shows a nighttime scene on a large river. In the center is a steamboat named "PRINCESS" that is being loaded with wood by several people gathered around a fire. Smokestacks on the ship emit orange smoke into the dark sky. In the distance on the left, another steamboat is visible under a full moon, and clouds drift across the night sky. A bright moon lines the edges of the clouds in white. The color scheme includes deep blues and blacks with bright whites and warm oranges from the steamboat's lights and smoke. There is a line of text below the print.
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This print shows a nighttime scene on a large river. In the center is a steamboat named "PRINCESS" that is being loaded with wood by several people gathered around a fire. Smokestacks on the ship emit orange smoke into the dark sky. In the distance on the left, another steamboat is visible under a full moon, and clouds drift across the night sky. A bright moon lines the edges of the clouds in white. The color scheme includes deep blues and blacks with bright whites and warm oranges from the steamboat's lights and smoke. There is a line of text below the print.

National Gallery of Art · Print

"Wooding Up" on the Mississippi

Frances Flora Bond Palmer

Date
1863
Medium
color lithograph with hand-coloring on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 45.72 x 70.49 cm (18 x 27 3/4 in.) sheet: 53.34 x 76.2 cm (21 x 30 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2011.30.1
Credit line
Donald and Nancy deLaski Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • lithograph
  • Transportation
  • boat
Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); purchased 2011 by the National Gallery of Art

Marks

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: GIVE

NGA object ID 154159. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.