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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   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120970 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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