"Monumental Grandeur" Being Restored At Art Museum
John J. Egan, American (born Ireland), 1810-1882; Portsmouth Aboriginal Group in a Storm, scene four from the Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley, c.1850; distemper on cotton muslin; St. Louis Art Museum, Eliza McMillan Trust 34:1953
The new exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum, "Restoring an American Treasure: The Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley," will show off an old treasure and demonstrate the work that must be done to bring it back. The 25-scene panorama stands about 7.5 feet tall and totals 348 feet long. It was painted by John J. Egan, based on sketches from Dr. Montroville W. Dickeson's travels in the Mississippi River area around the 1850s, where he studied burial grounds and 19th century Native American life.
