Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA - Tour, Books and Copper Etching


Item Number: 164

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $395

Online Close: May 31, 2008 6:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 9 bids - Item Sold!


Description

A package of 5 publications, a copper etching plate "Madame John's Legacy" and tickets for 4 of any combination of private tours of the Williams Residence, Louisiana History Galleries and/or Architectural Tours of The Collection.

The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region.  General and Mrs. L. Kemper Williams, collectors of Louisiana materials, established the institution in 1966 to keep their collection intact and available for research and exhibition to the public.  Over the 40 years since its founding, The Historic New Orleans Collection has added to its holdings and augmented the physical structures that house them, established ambitious publishing and exhibition schedules, and developed innovative educational programs.  In a complex of historic French Quarter buildings, which includes the Williams Gallery for changing exhibitions, the Louisiana History Galleries tracing Louisiana’s multifaceted past; the Williams Residence (a house museum); a museum shop; and administrative offices.   

Special Instructions

Publications: Common Routes: St. Domingue-Louisiana (exhibition catalogue), From Louis XIV to Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Tapestry(exhibition catalogue), Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps (edited by Alfred E. Lemmon, John T. Magill and Jason Wiese),  Queen of the South: New Orleans 1853-1862-The Journal of Thomas K. Wharton (edited by Samuel Wilson Jr. FAIA, Patricia Brady and Lynn Adams) Complimentary Visions of Louisiana Art: The Laura Simon Nelson Collection at HNOC (edited by Patricia Brady, Louise Hoffman and Lynn Adams).

Copper etching plate by Ellsworth Wooward. Limited run of 50. 13" wide x 11" high. Image 10" wide x 7.5" high.

 

Donated by

Historic New Orleans Collection