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Plantations by the River: Watercolor Paintings from St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, by Father Joseph M. Paret, 1859 Jay Dearborn Edwards Bilingual edition
Plantations by the River: Watercolor Paintings from St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, by Father Joseph M. Paret, 1859
Jay Dearborn Edwards
French priest Joseph M. Paret (1807-1872) sketched landscapes, architecture, and interiors, capturing everyday life in prosperous St. Charles Parish. In 1987, fifty-three watercolors were discovered among his personal effects. Plantations by the River contains twenty-eight of these paintings created in or about the year 1859.
144 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 1, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780938909033 |
| Publishers | Louisiana State University Press |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 289 × 250 × 17 mm · 1.08 kg |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Boyer, Marcel |
| Editor | Edwards, Jay |