Objects in the Exhibition From the Collection of the Louisiana State Museum

Carte d’un grand pais nouvellement
French edition
Louis de Hennepin
1698
Map
143/4 x 171/8"

Mississippi or the Widely Famed Gold-Country through the Imagination of the Wind-Merchants
Anti John Law Dutch Broadside
c. 1714
Manuscript
12 x 10"

Ignacio de Balderes
Attributed to Don Jose Salazar
c. 1790
Oil on canvas
451/2 x 331/2"
Gift of Harvey Truxillo

Nouvelle Espagne, Nouveau Mexique, Isles Antilles
Robert de Vaugondy
1794
Map
121/2 x 171/2"

Land Grant, Opelousas
1837
Document
101/2 x 151/2"

View of New Orleans Taken from the Lower Cotton Press
B. Dondorf
Published by Louis Schwartz, Frankfurt, Germany
1853
Lithograph on paper
13 x 281/2"

Creole Woman of Color
A.D. Lansot
c. 1850
Oil on canvas
331/2 x 261/2"

Cedar Blanket Chest with Inlay
Lino Florentino
1934
291/2 H x 491/2 W x 201/2" D

Madam John’s Legacy
William Woodward
c. 1910
Oil on canvas
29 x 401/2"
Gift of the Estate of William Woodward

Rabbi James Guttheim
Julius Robert Hoening
1873
Oil on canvas
30 x 25"

Fiddle Pattern Spoon
Pierre Lamothe
c. 1820
Silver
71/2 x 11/2"

Presentation Chalice, Louisiana Fuseliers
Adolphe Himmel
Hyde and Goodrich
1853-4
Silver
61/2 H x 4" diameter

Newcomb Vase with Tortoise and Hare
Selina Elizabeth Bres, decorator
1896
Ceramic
81/2 H x 3" diameter

Newcomb Tyg, "Lake Ponchartrain [sic]"
Mary Pearl Davis, decorator
1900-03
Ceramic
61/2 H x 61/2" diameter
Carnival Ball Invitation
Comus
1897
131/2 x 131/2" unframed

Carnival Ball Favor
Rex
1911
Brass inkwell, brass and glass
21/2 H x 71/2 W x 51/2" D

Queen’s Crown and Scepter
Proteus
1968
Metal and limestone
Crown: 6 H x 71/2 W x 81/2" D
Scepter: 21 long x 2 H x 41/2" W

Louis Armstrong’s Orchestra Visiting the New Orleans Municipal Boys’ Home
1931
Photograph
8 x 10"
Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club

Eureka Brass Band with Fats
Houston on St. Charles Avenue
Gulick
c. 1965
Photograph
8 x 10"
Gift of Gulick

Trumpet Played by Dave Bartholomew
Martin Busine
c. 1955
51/2 H x 191/2 L x 5 11/16" diameter
Gift of Dave Bartholomew

Jazz and Heritage Festival Tenth
Anniversary Poster
Martinez
1979
42" H x 311/2" W framed
Gift of Susan Mock

Onward Brass Band Uniform Cap
c. 1955
10 W x 11 H x 5" D
Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club

"Heebie Jeebies" Sheet Music
by Boyd Atkins
Consolidated Music Publishing
1926
20 H x 16" W framed

"Heebie Jeebies" Performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
Okeh Records
1926
78 rpm record
10" diameter
Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club

St. Claude and Dumaine Streets,
Faubourg Treme
Paul Poincy
1895
Oil on canvas
36 x 46"

One Morning
Louis Oscar Griffith
1917
Oil on canvas
30 x 24"

From the New Orleans Museum of Art

Second Liner
(from the New Orleans Jazz Funeral Series)
Leo Touchet (American, born 1939)
1973
Gelatin silver print

Preservation Hall
Robert Simmons (American, died 1986)
Gelatin silver print

Gift of A.E. Woolley

Portrait of Marie Lassus of New Orleans
Louis Rousseau (French)
1860
Albumen print
Clarence John Laughlin Photographic Society Fund

Carrenage, Barbados
Paul Ninas (American, 1903-1964)
1928-1938
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. Milton D. Evans

Jax Nš. 2
Simon Gunning (American, born in Australia, 1956)
1987
Oil on canvas
Gift of the artist

All Saints Day
Shirley Rabé Masinter (American, born 1932)
1979
Oil on canvas
Gift of the artist





Battle of New Orleans
Jean Hyancinthe de Laclotte (American, born in France, 1766-1829)
1815
Oil on canvas
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Presentation Jug
Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848-1941), potter; Marie de Hoa Le Blanc
(died 1954), decorator
1908
Earthenware, raised, applied
and gloss-glazed
Newcomb College Pottery,
New Orleans
Gift of Newcomb College through Dean Pierce Butler

Two-Handled Vase: "Phlox"
Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848-1941), potter; Gertrude Roberts Smith
(1869-1964), decorator
c. 1894-1901
Earthenware, raised, applied and polychrome gloss-glazed
Newcomb College Pottery,
New Orleans
Gift of J. Norman Jackson, Jr., Covington, Louisiana

Iced Water Pitcher
Hyde Goodrich, New Orleans
c. 1850-1855
Coin silver, raised, cast and répoussé
Gift of Eugenia Uhlhorn Harrod in memory of her husband, Major Benjamin Morgan Harrod

Two-Handled Covered Sugar Basin
Adolphe Himmel (American, born Germany, died 1877), for Hyde and Goodrich, New Orleans
1855-1861
Coin silver, raised, cast and répoussé
Gift of Mrs. Walton McCauley, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in memory of her parents, James Micaux Mixon and Pinkie Lloyd Mixon

From The Historic New Orleans Collection

De Soto´s Discovery of the Mississippi
Kurz & Allison, from a painting by William H. Powell
c. 1880
Color lithograph

The Delta of the Mississippi River
from Space
1998
Laminated color halftone
Published by M-Sat Corporation

Taking Possession of Louisiana and the River Mississippi by
Cavalier De La Salle
Lithograph by Bocquin; printed by Lemercier & Cie
c. 1860
Color lithograph

Real cedula de S.M. y Señores del Consejo en que se manda observar y guardar el Tratado de Amistad, Límites y Navegación concluido y ratificado entre su Real Persona y los Estados Unidos...
(The Pinckney Treaty)
1796
Document
Madrid, Royal Print Shop

Bilingual bank note in the amount
of ten dollars

Printed by Rawdon, Wright, and Hatch
1840s
Engraving

American Theatre, New-Orleans
Drawn by Hugh Reinagle; printed by Netherlist
1830
Hand-colored lithograph

A Map of New France Containing Canada,
Louisiana, etc. in North America
Herman Moll
Between 1712 and 1717
Hand-colored engraving

Carte De L’Adjonction Progressive des Divers États au Territoires Et A L’Union Constitutionelle Des États-Unis De L’Amérique Du Nord
(The Louisiana Purchase Territory)
Map
Reproduced from an 1825 hand-colored engraving

Postcard proclaiming New Orleans – Center of the World
Copyright 1915
Printed
Published by M.D. Hite

Sketches of Characters in New Orleans
Drawn by Alfred R. Waud; engraved by W.H. Morse
Published July 1, 1871
Wood engraving
Gift of Harold Schilke and Boyde Cruise

Title page from Jewell’s Crescent City Illustrated
Designed by William Momberger; engraved and printed by R. Shugg
Copyright 1873
Color lithograph

View of Jackson Square, New Orleans
Dürler and Pessou & Simon
Reproduced from an 1855
color lithograph
Gift of Latter and Blum

J. Hanno Deiler
c. 1894
Photoprint
Gift of St. Joseph Abbey

Baby Cup, engraved Sidney
to Alice Elizabeth
Made by Küchler & Himmel; retailed by Hyde & Goodrich
Between 1852 and 1853
Coin silver

Cup and Saucer, engraved VSF
By Gregor & Wilson
Between 1856 and 1858
Coin silver

Royal from St. Peter Street, Old New Orleans
Morris Henry Hobbs
1940
Etching
Gift of Harold Schilke and Boyd Cruise

Royal & St. Peter Street, Old New Orleans
Morris Henry Hobbs
1940s
Etching

Canal Street on Mardi Gras Day
Sam Sutton
February 7, 1967
Photoprint
Gift of Sam Sutton

St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day
Sam Sutton
February 7, 1967
Photoprint
Gift of Sam Sutton

The Luminous Columns (Madewood Plantation)
Clarence John Laughlin
1941
Photoprint

Newcomb Pottery Mug with Tulips
Ada Wilt Lonnegan, decorator
1901
Incised glazed earthenware
Gift of Laura Simon Nelson

Vase with Oak Trees
Jonathan Bowne Hunt, potter
Attributed to Anna Frances Simpson, decorator
1930
Matte glazed earthenware
Laura Simon Nelson Collection

 

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