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| Keywords: NOLA1803UnderMyWingsBottomLeft.jpg New Orleans in 1803 <p> This is a section from the work Under My Wings Every Thing Prospers by New Orleans artist J L Bouqueto de Woiseri to celebrate his pleasure with the Louisiana Purchase and his expectation that economic prosperity would result under U S administration <p> This portion shows the view of the city's riverfront looking upriver from the Marigny plantation not yet subdivided for urban development ; vantage point is probably about the river end of Marigny Street is now Seen are the Marigny sawmill canal entrance with a pile of logs at the riverfront various sailing ships in the Mississippi and the riverfront buildings of what is now called the French Quarter extending up around the curve of the river Pedestrian and horse buggy traffic seen on the leveefront river road <p> I have been unable to find a full reproduction of the work in color on line The intermediate web source listed below seems to be a scan of this public domain work from a book where it is only reproduced in part and the cetner is lost in the book fold Painting/lithograph by J L Bouqueto de Woiseri via http //www mccordfamilyassn com/pennsylv htm 1803 J L Bouqueto de Woiseri PD-old-100 Black white print reproduction of whole work Image UnderMyWingsBW JPG Another section of the the work in color lower part to right of center Image NOLA1803UnderMyWingsBottomRightCenter jpg Mississippi River at New Orleans Under My Wings Every Thing Prospers | ||||
