New Orleans: Taken from the Opposite Side, a Short Distance above the Middle or Picayyune Ferry, published 1841

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Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1985.64.126

Artists / Makers

William James Bennett (artist) American, born England, c. 1787 - 1844

Antoine Mondelli (artist after) American, active 1821/1856

Image Use

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Inscription

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