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Washing Day in Acadia on the Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
Alfred Waud1866
The Historic New Orleans Collection
New Orleans, United States
Illustration of Acadian women washing clothes in Bayou Lafourche, with a man with a net on a long pole among them. Trees with Spanish moss and two men on a fishing boat are in the background. An illustration based on this drawing was published in Harper's Weekly on October 20, 1866.
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Details
- Title: Washing Day in Acadia on the Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
- Creator: Alfred Rudolph Waud
- Creator Lifespan: 1828-1891
- Date Created: 1866
- Physical Dimensions: 10 13/16" x 9 1/2"
- Type: drawings (visual works)
- Rights: Physical rights are retained by The Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.
- Medium: graphite (mineral); whitewash (water-base paint)
- Art Form: Drawings
- Support: Pencil and white wash
- Depicted Location: Louisiana, Bayou Lafourche (Louisiana)
- Depicted Topic: Studies (visual works)
- Credit Line: The Historic New Orleans Collection, The L. Kemper and Leila Moore Williams Founders Collection
- Accession Number: 1965.26
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