Description of Banvard's panorama of the Mississippi River : painted on three miles of canvas : exhibiting a view of country 1200 miles in length, extending from the mouth of the Missouri River to the city of New Orleans : being by far the largest picture ever executed by man.

Banvard, John, 1815-1891, Description of Banvard's panorama of the Mississippi River , 1847

Creator:: Banvard, John, 1815-1891, author.
Title:: Description of Banvard's panorama of the Mississippi River : painted on three miles of canvas : exhibiting a view of country 1200 miles in length, extending from the mouth of the Missouri River to the city of New Orleans : being by far the largest picture ever executed by man.
Published/Created:: Boston : John Putnam, printer, No. 81, Cornhill, 1847.
Physical Description:: 48 pages ; 23 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
F353 .B36 1847
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Information
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1498855
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Sabin, 3223
BEIN: Original wrappers.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in later quarter brown morocco and light grey boards. Ex libris Brent Gration-Maxfield.
Contents:: Tribute to native talent -- Adventures of the artist -- Mississippi River -- The panorama -- Life on the Mississippi -- Testimonials.
Subject Terms:: Flaudrau, Matilda Ann -- Name.
Gration-Maxfield, Brent -- Provenance.
Mississippi River -- Description and travel.
Panoramas.
Contributors:: Putnam, John, printer.
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