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St. John Plantation, St. Martin Parish, (painting). Artist:  Persac, Marie Adrien, 1823-1873, painter. Title:  St. John Plantation, St. Martin Parish, (painting). Dates:  1861. Medium:  Watercolor on paper. Dimensions:  18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. Inscription:  (Lower left:) A Persac 1861 signed Description:  Landscape of St. John Plantation, a sugar plantation, in St. Martin Parish with surrounding fields, outbuildings, fencing, and orchards. In the foreground three figures are walking in a path through the fields. In the middleground several figures are riding horses on a road in front of the main house. Subject:  Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- St. John Plantation Landscape -- Louisiana -- St. Martin Parish Landscape -- Plant -- Sugar Cane Figure group Equestrian Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Equestrian Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Memorial Tower, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of deClouet, Alexander Etienne, Levert, family of, Nehrbass, Frederick, Mr. & Mrs., Lafayette, Lousianna Acquired from Nehrbass, Mrs., estate of, 1987. Remarks:  St. John Plantation was originally called Lizima in honor of Marie Lizina deClouet, the daughter of the builder of the original house, Alexander Etienne deClouet, for whom this work was painted. He lost the home in the 1880s when it, along with the painting, was sold to the Levert family. A member of the Levert family sold the painting to Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Nehrbass around 1940. References:  Louisiana State University, Anglo-American Art Museum, 1988. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 17220033   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 17220033 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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