Details
Creator Klauprecht & Menzel, lithographer.
Title Steamer Missouri. [graphic] / Klauprecht & Menzel lith Cincinnati.
Publisher Cincinnati : For the Family Magazine
Publisher OH. Cincinnati. 1841
Date [1841]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 18 x 27 cm (7 x 10.5 in.)
Description View of the steamboat travelling down a river. Includes African Americans dancing on deck near a crewman carrying logs; passengers walking on the roof of the boat; and dwellings lining the riverbank. The steamer ran in the St. Louis - New Orleans trade; served in the Mexican American War; and was referenced in the Mark Twain novel "Tom Sawyer." Ship was destroyed by fire 1851.
Notes Title from item.
Date from accompanying sellers label.
Gift of David Doret, 2004.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Biographical / historical note Klauprecht & Menzel, a partnership between Emil Klauprecht and Adophus Menzel, operated 1839-1855.
Subject Missouri (Steamboat)
African Americans -- United States.
Dance -- United States.
Decks (Ships)
Passengers -- United States.
Steamboats -- United States.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Periodical illustrations -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Transportation [P.2004.44.27]
Accession number P.2004.44.27