Icarian Colony Painting, 1870
This is a snapshot of an oil painting done by Icarian artist John Schroeder in 1870. It depicts the Icarian colony. The photo of the painting was taken in 1965.
Used with permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
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