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A painting, signed by Catlin and said to be of Marie Laveau, the voodoo queen, is extant. Both the signature and the identity of the sitter, however, have been questioned. In this connection it is amusing to note that at least four different portraits, which do not in the least resemble each other,
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Alexander Parsons in 1933. Parsons returned the painting to the Louisiana State Museum, but the identification of the portrait was less certain. The 1934 guide book for the museum identified the painting as "Marie Laveau or Choctaw Woman," and by 1941 the attribution to Catlin was
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and a red shawl. It includes a signature at the upper right "G. Catlin Nlle Orléans / mai 1837". Despite the sitter being identified as Laveau, and Catlin having spent time in New
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Orleans. Susan Rawles, an associate curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, noted that the portrait is reflective of French
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have been claimed as likenesses of Marie; and it has become something of a joke in New
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specifically mentions the portrait in her 1931 essay "Hoodoo in
America". The Schneider copy has been used as the inspiration for some modern reimaginations of Marie Laveau.
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921:. Vol. 50, no. 77. New Orleans, Louisiana. April 11, 1886. p. 3.
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1116:"Creole New Orleans, Honey! The Art of Andrew LaMar Hopkins: Image Highlights"
743:"The Many Faces of Marie Laveau and Voudou in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans"
578:. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. p. 149.
829:"West Baton Rouge exhibit paints picture of state's wealth, impact in 1800s"
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712:"Fine Art and Antiques Bring Handsome Prices at Brunk Auctions"
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772:"Voodoo Priestess Portrait Adds Magic To Brunk Auction"
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404:"Lot 883: Rare Early Creole Portrait"
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297:Portrait of a Free Woman of Color
859:"Object Record: Woman in Tignon"
335:, Legendre told a reporter from
314:Free Woman of Color, New Orleans
234:" until he sold the painting to
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710:Morgan, Dasha (June 30, 2022).
670:Louisiana: A Guide to the State
430:"George Catlin Artist Timeline"
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1044:(1931). "Hoodoo in America".
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718:. Asheville, North Carolina.
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1092:. New Orleans, Louisiana.
835:. Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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472:. New Orleans, Louisiana.
158:. It is best known from a
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1005:The Magic of Marie Laveau
1002:Alvarado, Denise (2020).
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865:. Lafayette, Louisiana.
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232:Marie Laveau by Catlin
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