A Home on the Mississippi

A Home on the Mississippi
ArtistCurrier and Ives
Year1871 (1871)
TypeChromolithograph
Dimensions21.6 cm × 34.3 cm (8.5 in × 13.5 in)
LocationLibrary of Congress, Washington D.C.,
United States

A Home on the Mississippi is an 1871 rendering commissioned by the United States government as part of a documentary program on the Mississippi River. The scene is an original work by Alfred Waud depicting Woodland Plantation, an antebellum mansion in West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana.

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