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| Keywords: Big Spring painting 1850.jpg An early view of Huntsville is seen in this painting by William Frye in the 1850's titled The Big Spring The painting features the Fearn Canal built in 1825 to carry cotton from the Big Spring to the Tennessee River The view facing west includes a portion of the First National Bank visible on the bluff at left and the carriage rider would be traveling north on what is now Church Street William Frye a German immigrant from Bavaria was a popular traveling portrait painter throughout the south who once gave instruction to Huntsville's artist and poet Howard Weeden http //collections alabamamosaic org/cdm4/item_viewer php CISOROOT /hmcpl1 CISOPTR 81 CISOBOX 1 REC 11 Huntsville-Madison County Public Library s 1850 William Frye PD-art History of Huntsville Alabama Alabama in the 1850s | ||||
