“The modern woman, at that point ... historical insights that can be gleaned from his art. Tissot’s 19th-century admirers ...

1827 fusion of art and cartography ... a gesture that to a modern viewer would appear to predict their coming slaughter. For 19th-century Americans, water represented both nature and civilization.

Of course, today, people aren’t keen on storing roll after roll of paper tape (or even owning a tape reader) so there have been several projects to capture this art in a more modern format.

It’s taller than the Eiffel Tower is high and longer than the Empire State Building is tall—and it’s turning heads in Winona.