Mississippi Steamers, New Orleans (recto); Henry Clay's monument on Canal Street, New Orleans (verso)
Artist
Theodore Lilienthal
(American, 1829 - 1894)
Date1867
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet (recto): 10 11/16 × 14 3/8 inches (27.15 × 36.51 cm)
Image and sheet (verso): 6 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (17.46 × 23.18 cm)
Mount: 17 × 22 3/16 inches (43.2 × 56.4 cm)
Image and sheet (verso): 6 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (17.46 × 23.18 cm)
Mount: 17 × 22 3/16 inches (43.2 × 56.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2025.12.2.1,2
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto .1, bottom center, in pencil: “Mississippi Steamers [...?]”;
On mount recto .1, lower right, in pencil: “New Orleans / 189”;
On mount recto .2, lower right, in pencil: “New Orleans”.
MarkingsOn mount recto .1, lower left, in pencil: “1064”;
On mount recto .2, lower left, in pencil: “1065”;
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Terms
Image of a figurative monument in the center of town lined with shops and several horse drawn carriages.Provenance
Serge Kakou, Paris, France;
Purchased from Bessenge Photography Auction, Berlin, Germany, December 3, 2008 by Serge Kakou;
Purchased from Serge Kakou by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.
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Blessing & Co.
ca. 1870
2005.27.223
