About John Rowson Smith

John Rowson Smith was an American painter and a pioneer in the creation of moving panoramas. His Leviathan Panorama of the Mississippi River was created in the 1840s, covered 20,000 square feet of canvas, and depicted approximately 2,000 miles of landscape along the Mississippi River that spanned nine states. The panorama was displayed at theaters in the United States and Europe from 1848 to 1852.

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Occupation: painter, artist
Citizenship: United States

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John Rowson Smith

Smith, John Rowson, 1810-1864

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