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Life on the Mississippi
FES Title: Jacket
Alternate Titles: 1861
[1928]
Date: 07/06/1927
Size: 36″H x 28″W
Medium: oil_single-prime-lincanvas
Type: illustration
Published: Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927: cover.[no caption] DuPont Magazine, February 1930 : cover.
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Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. American Artists Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d.: frontispiece.
caption: Life on the MIssissippi

Inscription: ll: Frank E. Schoonover / 1927
Annotations:
Exhibitions: 1928 WSFA; 1931 FES
Comments: info this entry 1975 app – lad 2/03
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Commentary: While Schoonover’s painting is used on the book cover, the inside illustrations were rendered by his student, illustrator Walter Stewart. In 1974, a limited edition of 3500, 10 1/2″ fine china plates was made using an 8″ reproduction of this image.
Provenance: Sold by artist to Willard T. White; descended in family to private collection