Image of an eye-level landscape view of boats on the Detroit River, including one steamboat named "Walk-In-the-Water," with people sitting on the shore and the city of Detroit, Michigan, in the far distance. Probable date based on reference in Reps, Views and Viewmakers, 1751. "Corrie's Detroit Lithographic Office"--text, bottom left margin. "The Vessel From an Original Painting."--text, bottom right margin. Similar image titled "Detroit in 1820, from an original sketch made in 1820 by George H. Whistler" and printed by the Calvert Lithographic Company, 1871 is referenced in Deak, Picturing America, 324.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; overall 50.48 x 66.04 cm (19 7/8 x 26 in.)
Detroit (Mich.)--Pictorial works Michigan, Lake--Pictorial works Waterfronts--Pictorial works Boats and boating--Pictorial works Cities and towns--Pictorial works Historical Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size Middle West The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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