He premiered his panorama of the Mississippi in Boston in December, 1846.Daily Evening Transcript (Boston, Mass.), 16 December 1846, p. 2. After a run of nearly a year, he took the production to New York CityEvening Post (New York, NY), 28 December 1847, p. 2. and then to Europe,Adelaide Observer, Saturday 26 May 1849. Copy of article from the London Spectator' url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158927603 Asia and Africa and even gave Queen Victoria a private viewing. His portrait was painted in 1849 by the English artist Anna Mary Howitt.Retrieved 9 July 2011. During his travels he also painted panoramas in Palestine and the Nile River Valley.
