Portrait of Miss Pugh at a Harmonium, (painting).

Portrait of Miss Pugh at a Harmonium, (painting).

Fleischbein, Francois, ca. 1804-1862, painter.

Portrait of Miss Pugh at a Harmonium, (painting).

Digital Reference:

36 1/4 x 29 in.

(Lower left:) (artist's signature and date) signed

Portrait female -- Unidentified -- Waist length

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Piano

Architecture interior -- Detail -- Window

Louisiana State Museum, P. O. Box 2448, New Orleans, Louisiana 70176

According to the museum's research, the sitter is not one of the Pugh sisters, as they would have been too young to have appeared in this portrait and were in North Carolina once they reached maturity. Fleischbein studied in Paris depicting a wide range of subjects, focusing on portraiture in Louisiana, with his images of Creole ladies being the most popular.

Louisiana State Museum, 2023.

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