Burial of De Soto – De Soto died in his camp on the shores of the Mississippi, June 5th, 1542, and was entombed at midnight in its flood, which still sings for its discoverer, a magnificent and eternal requiem
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Currier & Ives
Artist bio: American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist role: Publisher
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1876
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 8 3/4 × 12 13/16 in. (22.3 × 32.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 17 5/8 in. (34.2 × 44.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession year: 1963