M24982: Low Water on the Mississippi

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M24982

People

Unidentified Artist
After Frances Flora Bond Palmer, American
Published by Currier & Ives, publ., American (active 1857 - 1907)

Title

Low Water on the Mississippi

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1868

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/175279

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph and watercolor with gum varnish accents on cream wove paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

design: 46.3 x 71.6 cm (18 1/4 x 28 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• legend: yes, lower margin, lithographic ink, lithography, signed: attribution to the designer; copyright information; publisher; title; publication information: F.E. PALMER / Entered according to the Act of Congress, AD. 1868. by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York / LITH. OF CURRIER & IVES, N.Y. / LOW WATER IN THE MISSISSIPPI. / NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 115 NASSAU STREET.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer III, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

P. 3948

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer III in memory of Joseph Pulitzer II, class of 1908

Accession Year

2001

Object Number

M24982

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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