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| Keywords: UnderMyWingsBW.JPG New Orleans in 1803 <p> 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> US eagle hovers above a view of the city holding in its beak a banner reading UNDER MY WINGS EVERY THING PROSPERS <br> View of the city's looking upriver from the riverfront of the Marigny plantation not yet subdivided for urban development ; vantage point is probably about the river end of Marigny Street is now or slightly down river Seen are the Marigny sawmill canal along what is now Elysian Fields Avenue 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 Old rounded cupolas of St Louis Cathedral seen in distance Pedestrian and horse buggy traffic seen on the leveefront river road <p> Painting/lithograph by J L Bouqueto de Woiseri via http //www historyteacher net/USProjects/dbq12 htm 1803 J L Bouqueto de Woiseri PD-old-100 Sections from same work in color Image NOLA1803UnderMyWingsBottomLeft jpg bottom left ; Image NOLA1803UnderMyWingsBottomRightCenter jpg bottom to right of center Under My Wings Every Thing Prospers Black and white reproductions of paintings in color | ||||
