Lot 391
Alphonse Louis (French/New Orleans, mid-19th c.), 'Barracks Signal Corps, U.S.A.', watercolor, signed 'Alphonse Louis, New Orleans' lower right and titled en verso of frame, 10.75in. x 13 in. Provenance: According to the inscription en verso '_warehouse, New Orleans, where J.E.Taylor was stationed with the U.S.A. Signal Corps, 1864. A French painter's gift.' Descended in the Taylor family, New Hampshire. Note: It appears that the French artist Alphonse Louis visited New Orleans during the Union occupation of the port. While in the city, he created a series of informative and charming watercolors of the sights along the Mississippi River. In these galleries, another watercolor from Louis's series entitled 'Along the Mississippi River' was sold (Dec. 4, 2004, lot #562)
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