The Frenchman Charles A. Lesueur
(1778-1846) painted this watercolor of Lake Champlain on August 17, 1816, while traveling in the northeastern United Sates. Two decades before Alexis de Tocqueville, Lesueur crossed the Atlantic to see how things were going in the former French colony known as the Louisiana Purchase. The
Album of Views of the United States from 1817 to 1836 includes scenes from many points up and down and around the greater Mississippi River basin.
The Frenchman Charles A. Lesueur (1778-1846) painted this watercolor of Lake Champlain on August 17, 1816, while traveling in the northeastern United Sates. Two decades before Alexis de Tocqueville, Lesueur crossed the Atlantic to see how things were going in the former French colony known as the Louisiana Purchase. The Album of Views of the United States from 1817 to 1836 includes scenes from many points up and down and around the greater Mississippi River basin.
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