Steamboat New Orleans
Object number86.1.216
Artist
Marilyn Rofloter
Date1811
MediumOil on metal
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionRound metal barrel lid, with simple line painting of side-wheel steam ship in center of plate. Ship is moving left , black lined with smokestack. Painted white with blue hull. Twelve figures appear on board. In foreground is near river bank. To the right is man running down road; center is a stone block bridge with road; left side shows man and woman with dog waving to ship. Foreground is filled with yellow, green, blue and brown foliage. Background is far river bank with 4 buildings and a series of yellow, green mountains and hills.Dimensions24 x 24 x 1.75 x 24 in. (61 x 61 x 4.4 x 61 cm)SignedL.R: Marl_Y/ Rofloter/ Artist(?) in white paint.
Historical NotesSignature/Inscription: L.R: Marl_Y/ Rofloter/ Artist(?) in white paint. In background centered approx. 5 from top appear 2 'Gothic' letters in red paint.Label TextRobert Fulton built the nation’s first steamboat, the Clermont, launched in New York in 1807. Fulton adopted Nicholas Roosevelt’s sidewheel propulsion method for this boat and the New Orleans, and relied on Roosevelt to chart the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to determine the feasibility of navigation by steamboat. Fulton and Livingston built the New Orleans here, initiating the age of steam.
Terms
On View
On viewCollections
1999
