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Evans, James Guy,
Waterscape -- Boat
Waterscape -- River
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Boat
Painting
Tow Boat Conqueror, (painting).
Artist:
Evans, James Guy, active 1838-1860, painter.
Title:
Tow Boat Conqueror, (painting).
Dates:
Nov. 1852.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
39 1/2 x 50 in. (100.3 x 127 cm).
Inscription:
(Across bottom:) The Tow Boat Conqueror Capt. John Heaton. coming from Balize Oct. 29th. 1847. painted by J. [G.] Evans for Capt. Heation(sic) November 1852 signed
Description:
Waterscape of a group of sailing ships being towed up the Mississippi River from Balize toward New Orleans, the steam towboat Conqueror barely visible among the large sailing ships. Smoke from the Conqueror's two smokestacks billows out through the tall masts and flags of the sailing ships. The pilot stands on a tall ladder between the smokestacks. In the background, Balize is visible on the left and Belleville iron foundry is visible on the right.
Subject:
Waterscape -- Boat
Waterscape -- River -- Mississippi River
Architecture -- Boat -- Tugboat
Architecture -- Boat -- Conqueror
Architecture -- Boat -- Maritana
Architecture -- Boat -- Megunticook
Architecture -- Boat -- Lord Seaton
Architecture -- Boat -- Oswego
Architecture -- Boat -- Laura
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 62.256.4
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Heaton, John, New Orleans, Louisiana 1952.
Weems, Louise A., New Orleans, Louisiana
Lieutaud, Albert, New Orleans, Louisiana 1933
Harry Stone Gallery, New York, New York after 193.
Lyons, Louis C., New York, New York
Anonymous Collection, Paris, France
Garbisch, Edgar William & Bernice Chrysler, 1960-1962.
References:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 7.
Illustration:
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 7.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 36120970
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