H. D. Manning

American, active 19th century

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Fire burps out the top of a pair of smokestacks on two steamboats that power down a wide river at night in this color lithograph. Black smoke billows back from the flames, and steam hisses from smaller smokestacks at the back of the boats. The boat to our left is the Natchez, and writing around its name reads, “Vicksburg, Natchez and New Orleans Mail Line.” The other boat is the Eclipse. People line the decks of both as the boats race under the moonlit sky. A blanket of gray clouds breaks in front of the luminous moon. Printed text below the image reads, “A MIDNIGHT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.” Tiny text printed under the lower left corner of the image reads, “F.F. PALMER DEL. FROM A SKETCH BY H.D. MANNING OF THE NATCHEZ” and “LITH. OF CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.” in the lower right.
Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Currier and Ives, Currier and Ives, A Midnight Race on the Mississippi, 1860, color lithograph with hand-coloring on wove paper, Donald and Nancy deLaski Fund, 2012.16.1

A Midnight Race on the Mississippi

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Currier and Ives, Currier and Ives · 1860 · color lithograph with hand-coloring on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2012.16.1

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A Midnight Race on the Mississippi

British 19th Century, Yates & Co. Ltd., R. Rogerson · 1871 · chromolithograph on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2025.68.1