New Orleans: Taken from the Opposite Side, a Short Distance above the Middle or Picayyune Ferry

published 1841

William James Bennett

Artist, American, born England, c. 1787 - 1844

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint with touches of engraving, hand-colored, on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 52.3 x 68 cm (20 9/16 x 26 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.64.126

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Painted by W.J.Bennett from a sketch by A.Mondelli; lower right in plate: Eng by W.J. Bennett; lower center in plate: Henry I. Megarey. New York. / NEW ORLEANS, / Taken from the opposite side a short distance above the middle or Picayune Ferry / Entered according to Act of C ongress in the year 1841 by H.I Megarey in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern district of New York

Wikidata ID

Q74070496

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