Tennessee Belle

c. 1939

Thomas Hart Benton

Associated Names
Thomas Hart Benton

Artist, American, 1889 - 1975

This is a drawing of a steamboat on a riverbank. The steamboat has large paddlewheels at the back and two tall smokestacks emitting smoke. The boat has multiple decks, stairs leading to the upper level, and detailed windows and railings. On the front left, there is a small rowboat with two figures engaging with a cable attached to a crane on the steamboat. The scene is set along the riverbank with gently illustrated water. The drawing is done in sepia tones and black lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and pen and black ink with brown wash on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26 x 37.3 cm (10 1/4 x 14 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.98.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Elizabeth Lorentz (formerly Mrs. Eugene Meyer), Armonk; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Picturing Mississippi, 1817-2017: Land of Plenty, Pain, and Promise, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, 2017-2018.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: #4 TENNESSEE BELLE (STERN WHEEL PACQUET)

Wikidata ID

Q64633218

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