Burial of De Soto 1876 framed map art The year sits squarely in

The year sits squarely in the Cleveland interregnum

its octagonal superstructure and lantern-room geometry drawn by engineers who knew the harbor would test every rivet they specified

a vanished landing on the western bend

Pairs naturally with lighthouse engineering drawings

the Confederate brigades breaking against earthworks where minutes of fighting cost what hours could not redeem

Burial of De Soto 1876 framed map art The year sits squarely inBurial of De Soto 1876 a Centennial era engraving reaching three centuries backward to the Mississippi's muddy shallows, where the conquistador was lowered into the river he had claimed. The composition belongs to that Reconstruction appetite for founding myths, dressing Spanish ambition in the solemn drapery of American memory. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the