Marie Adrien Persac, Dr. John Dominique's Store (1857)
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Title
Marie Adrien Persac, Dr. John Dominique's Store (1857)
Subject
Louisiana--Plantations
Description
John Dominique's store was adjacent to Dr. Henry Johnson's Chatham plantation in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. It can be seen in Norman's Chart of the Lower Mississippi River from 1858, just below Chatham, then owned by John R. Thompson.
Members of the Maryland Jesuit enslaved community who were sold to Henry Johnson and lived at the Chatham plantation would have been familiar with Dr. Dominque's store. This 1857 painting by Marie Adrien Persac, a prominent Louisiana painter, shows what it would have looked like just before the Civil War.
For an explanation of the history of the painting, see H. Parrott Bacot et al, Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist (Louisiana State University Press, 2000), 38.
This painting is held by the Louisiana State Museum. We are grateful to the LSM for permission to include the painting in the Georgetown Slavery Archive.
Members of the Maryland Jesuit enslaved community who were sold to Henry Johnson and lived at the Chatham plantation would have been familiar with Dr. Dominque's store. This 1857 painting by Marie Adrien Persac, a prominent Louisiana painter, shows what it would have looked like just before the Civil War.
For an explanation of the history of the painting, see H. Parrott Bacot et al, Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist (Louisiana State University Press, 2000), 38.
This painting is held by the Louisiana State Museum. We are grateful to the LSM for permission to include the painting in the Georgetown Slavery Archive.
Creator
Marie Adrien Persac
Source
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
1857
Contributor
Adam Rothman
Rights
Louisiana State Museum
Format
Painting
Language
English
Type
Painting
Identifier
GSA447
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Gouache and collage on paper
Physical Dimensions
23 ½ x 27 inches
Files
Citation
Marie Adrien Persac, “Marie Adrien Persac, Dr. John Dominique's Store (1857),” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed September 17, 2024, http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/532.