Life on the Mississippi

Xanthus Russell Smith

  • Titles Life on the Mississippi (Proper)
  • Artist Xanthus Russell Smith, American, 1839 - 1929
  • Medium lithograph
  • Dimensions sheet (irregular): 6 1/16 × 9 5/16 in. (15.4 × 23.7 cm) image: 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (9.5 × 16.5 cm) mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Douglas K. S. Hyland in honor of Mrs. Dorothy Steiner, 1989.176
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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