Painting
La Crosse, Wisconsin, on the Mississippi
| Accompanying this sketch is Hölzlhuber's description of his last foray from Milwaukee before leaving America. "Before my return to Europe, D. Brandis, the editor of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper in New York, invited me in March 1860 to undertake another trip to the Upper Mississippi and to sketch for his paper the new towns such as La Crosse, St. Paul, St. Anthony, New Ulm, etc. Accordingly I went on April 14, 1860, from Milwaukee first to La Crosse on the Minnesota Railway, and I got there at about 10 o'clock in the evening when the steamer Union was ready for departure. Those who were not embarking on the steamer used the buses standing there in readiness to take us to the town of La Crosse, and we went through the sandy and dusty roads to the town, which was still fully illuminated, and we found accommodation at a hotel on Main Street. The very next morning I was already high up on the eastern slopes and made the accompanying picture." Taken from Hölzlhuber's description of the scene, translated by Vera Kroner. |
| Image ID: | 28203 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 04 1860 |
| Creator Name: | Hölzlhuber, Franz, 1826-1898 |
| City: | La Crosse |
| County: | La Crosse |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Franz Hölzlhuber sketches and associated materials, 1856-1860, 1959 |
| Genre: | Painting |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 3131.40 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 5.5 inches |
| This image is one of forty-two watercolor drawings from a sketchbook by Holzlhuber, documenting his trip to the U.S., especially to Wisconsin and Canada in 1856-1860. |
| Architecture |
| Cities and towns |
| Landforms |
| Rivers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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