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18 April 2022 - 14:15 (CEST) -
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This painting of the steamboat Frank Pargoud evokes the fashion for ship portraits and the history of New Orleans, linked to the cotton trade.
Lewis Herring (c. 1836-1869), The Steamboat Pargoud Before a Busy Cotton-Loading Dock, 1869, oil on canvas, signed and located "Lewis Herring - New Orleans - 1869", 76.5 x 101.6 cm/30 x 40 in. Estimate: €30,000/50,000
Lewis Herring (c. 1836-1869), The Steamboat Pargoud Before a Busy Cotton-Loading Dock, 1869, oil on canvas, signed and located "Lewis Herring - New Orleans - 1869", 76.5 x 101.6 cm/30 x 40 in. Estimate: €30,000/50,000
In 1866, New York-born painter Lewis Herring moved to New Orleans, a city then flourishing thanks to its powerful position in the cotton trade. A third of the country's market was in the hands of this city in Louisiana, which became American in 1803 after it was sold by Napoleon…
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