Nauvoo, from the Mississippi, looking down the river – Antique Print

Nauvoo, from the Mississippi, looking down the river, [1854] — antique engraving — Nauvoo, from the Mississippi, looking down the river, [1854]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Nauvoo, from the Mississippi, looking down the river comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Nauvoo, from the Mississippi, looking down the river

Name: Nauvoo, from the Mississippi, looking down the river — antique engraving print
Brand: Snapshots of the Past
SKU: AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178723
Price: 77.00 USD
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Nauvoo, on the Illinois bank of the Mississippi, was the city the Latter-day Saints built after being driven from Missouri in the 1839 to 1846 period, and by 1854 it had been largely emptied, since most of the Mormon population had left under Brigham Young for the Great Basin. This wood engraving, published in Gleason's Pictorial in July 1854, shows the town as seen from the river, looking down its waterfront. Gleason's was a Boston illustrated weekly that relied on engravings like this one to bring distant places to readers, so the view reflects an outside observer's interest in a city that had already become famous for its troubled history.

Created / published	[1854]
Medium	1 print : wood engraving.
Genre	Periodical illustrations 1850-1860.Cityscape prints 1850-1860.Wood engravings 1850-1860.
Notes	Illus. from: Gleason's pictorial, July 1854.
Subjects	Mormons--1850-1860. Nauvoo (Ill.)--1850-1860.
Source	Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan	4,096 × 3,283 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference	AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178723

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