(SALTED PAPER PRINTS) Group of 3 early American images of Ne

Sale 2393 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 3,000

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500

(SALTED PAPER PRINTS)
Group of 3 early American images of New Orleans and Mississippi, comprising "[Destrehan] Plantation House, Mississippi," with a family group and an African-American attendant on the veranda; "House in the Garden District, New Orleans;" and the paddleboat Packet, R.J. Lackland (on which Mark Twain purportedly served as an apprentice or pilot). Arch-topped salted paper prints, each is 6 3/4x9 1/4 inches (17.1x23.5 cm.), on the original mounts, the first two with handwritten captions below the image area. 1850s

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From the Blackburne Family of Hull, United Kingdom.

The image of the plantation scene has been identified as Destrehan, a site located in Louisiana.