The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race–From New Orleans to St. Louis, July 1870–Between the R.E. Lee, Captain John W. Cannon and Natchez Captain Leathers–Won by the R.E. Lee, Time: 3 Days 18 Hours and 30 Minutes; Distance 1210 Miles.
Two riverboats, Robert E. Lee at left and Natchez at right, race from the right background to the left foreground.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race–From New Orleans to St. Louis, July 1870–Between the R.E. Lee, Captain John W. Cannon and Natchez Captain Leathers–Won by the R.E. Lee, Time: 3 Days 18 Hours and 30 Minutes; Distance 1210 Miles.
- Lithographer: Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Date: 1868–78
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 8 1/4 × 12 9/16 in. (20.9 × 31.9 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 16 3/8 in. (30.7 × 41.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
- Object Number: 63.550.405
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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