Midnight Race on the Mississippi Oil by Fanny Palmer
Midnight Race on the Mississippi. Francis "Fanny" Flora Bond Palmer (1812-1876). Oil on canvas. On the original stretcher and in an early frame; barely legible signature "F. F. Palmer" lower right. circa 1860. 14 x 17 inches visible, 17 x 20 inches framed. Showing a single double-stacker plying the Mississippi, with a flatboat in the foreground and the moon overhead. Believed to be by the "Fanny" Palmer who did a lot of work for Currier & Ives, including the well-known image of the "Natchez" and "Eclipse" racing on the Mississippi River.
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Midnight Race on the Mississippi. Francis "Fanny" Flora Bond Palmer (1812-1876). Oil on canvas. On the original stretcher and in an early frame; barely legible signature "F. F. Palmer" lower right. circa 1860. 14 x 17 inches visible, 17 x 20 inches framed. Showing a single double-stacker plying the Mississippi, with a flatboat in the foreground and the moon overhead. Believed to be by the "Fanny" Palmer who did a lot of work for Currier & Ives, including the well-known image of the "Natchez" and "Eclipse" racing on the Mississippi River.
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