"Rounding a Bend" on the Mississippi – The Parting Salute
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/8 × 27 3/4 in. (46 × 70.5 cm) Image and text: 20 1/8 × 27 3/4 in. (51.1 × 70.5 cm) Sheet: 21 7/8 × 29 3/4 in. (55.6 × 75.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession Number
63.550.47
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in 1866 by Frances Flora Bond Palmer for the renowned firm Currier & Ives, “Rounding a Bend” on the Mississippi – The Parting Salute captures a lively moment on America’s great waterway. Two steamboats exchange a ceremonial salute as they pass each other, their smokestacks billowing and passengers waving from the decks. Produced as a hand-colored lithograph, the print combines the efficiency of mechanical reproduction with the warmth of individual brushwork, allowing vivid reds, blues, and golds to bring the river scene to life. At the close of the Civil War, the Mississippi remained ...