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A. Laurason
ca. 1805
Jean Francois De Vallee
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm) diam.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mary Taylor
1958.5.4
Smithsonian American Art Museum
3rd Floor,
Luce Foundation Center
Description
There is evidence to suggest that a man named A. Laurason worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in New Orleans. However, the railroad that ran through New Orleans was not absorbed by Southern Pacific until the 1880s, so the man who worked for the railroad may have been a descendant of the gentleman in this portrait.
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