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| Keywords: NewOrleans1841AcrossRiver.jpg New Orleans 1841 color engraving New Orleans - Taken from the Opposite Side a Short Distance above the Middle or Picayune Ferry <p> View looking from Algiers probably about where Mardi Gras World is now looking across the Mississippi River On river are a variety of sailing ships steam ships row-boats and a flatboat Across the river is the skyline of the American Quarter of New Orleans with the dome of the first St Charles Hotel prominent just left of center The French Quarter to the right is mostly obscured by ships but the towers of St Louis Cathedral can be recognized behind ships' rigging near the right edge In the foreground along the river batture are seen left to right two men in top-hats and prosperous outfits of the time with a dog; a small group of African Americans likely slaves both men and women working taking soil from the river edge and putting it in wheel-barrows presumably building up the high-water levee a short distance inland ; two white men in working garb seated on a log with barrels; two large metal anchors; and two men moving a small sailboat which is tied to a post on the bature presumably either about to put it back in the water or almost finished dragging it on land 19th century color engraving Painted by W J Bennett from a sketch by A Mondelli Engraved by W J Bennett Published by Henry I Megarey New York Via http //www oldprintshop com/cgi-bin/gallery pl action detail inventory_id 17185 itemno 1 1841 A Mondelli and William J Bennett Copyright expired PD-old 1841 engravings 1841 in New Orleans New Orleans skylines Mississippi River at New Orleans Boats in New Orleans Ships in New Orleans Slavery in the United States Levees in New Orleans Lithographs of the United States Steamboats at New Orleans New Orleans in art Flatboats Mardi Gras World | ||||
