Catalog Code:
P- 0353
Description:
Pastime puzzle; 75 figure pieces; color line cutting. Artist is Henry Lewis. From 1846 to 1848, Lewis traveled up and down the Mississippi River making sketches for a huge panorama which he completed in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849. Those sketches remained a creative wellspring for him, and in later years he made additional paintings based on them. He painted this view of St. Anthony Falls (in Minneapolis) while he was living in Düsseldorf, Germany. Wikipedia. Note native American smoking long pipe and enjoying the scene in bottom left.
Sale Status:
For Sale