A Race on the Mississippi - Currier Ives Steamboat Lithograph - Vintage Maritime Print — a chromolithograph thick with cottonwood smoke and tournament fever, its paddlewheelers churning the muddy current neck-and-neck beneath a sky bruised orange by their stacks. Currier & Ives understood the antebellum river as Americans wanted to remember it: gilded, gambling, and running flat-out for New Orleans.

About the Source

Bella Frye sources maritime illustrations from American archives and 19th-century lithographic publishers — Currier & Ives, the Endicott firm, Sarony & Major, and the period broadsides that documented American sea power, shipwrecks, yacht races, and naval engagements as they happened. The aged paper tone and the hand-pulled chromolithographic color are preserved in the print.

Materials & Finish

Printed to order in our Pacific Northwest studio on premium 380gsm cotton canvas with archival pigment inks. Hand-finished and framed in our signature ornate frame with verdigris corner detail, available in three finishes:

• Ebony — deep black with carved ornate detailing; dramatic against light walls
• Verdigris — aged copper-green with antique patina; the signature Bella Frye look
• Bourbon — warm walnut tone with ornate relief; rich and historically grounded

Stretched canvas (frameless gallery wrap) is available for those who prefer a frameless presentation.

Where It Belongs

Coastal homes, libraries, captain's rooms, naval offices, yacht clubs, and any space where American maritime history earns wall presence. Pairs naturally with lighthouse engineering drawings, vintage nautical charts, and other documents from the Bella Frye Maritime & Light Stations collection.

• Premium 380gsm cotton canvas, archival pigment inks
• Three frame finishes: Ebony, Verdigris, Bourbon
• Stretched canvas option available
• Hand-finished in our Pacific Northwest studio
• Arrives ready to hang
• Free shipping on every order, ships next business day