George Catlin, View on Lake St. Croix, Upper Mississippi, 1835-1836, oil on canvas, 19 1⁄2 x 26 3⁄4 in. (49.5 x 68.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.350
Free to use
Copied
Artwork Details
- Title
- View on Lake St. Croix, Upper Mississippi
- Artist
- Date
- 1835-1836
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 19 1⁄2 x 26 3⁄4 in. (49.5 x 68.0 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Landscape — lake — Lake Saint Croix
- Landscape — river — Mississippi River
- Western
- Object Number
- 1985.66.350
Artwork Description
“The Upper Mississippi, like the Upper Missouri, must be approached to be appreciated; for all that can be seen on the Mississippi below St. Louis, or for several hundred miles above it, gives no hint or clue to the magnificence of the scenes which are continually opening to the view of the traveller, and riveting him to the deck of the steamer, through sunshine, lightning or rain, from the mouth of the Ouisconsin to the Fall of St. Anthony.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 50, 1841; reprint 1973)
