Edward Everard Arnold (c.1816-1866)
1857
oil on canvas
Loaned by the Louisiana Historical Society
| Toccoa Edward Everard Arnold (c.1816-1866) 1857 oil on canvas Loaned by the Louisiana Historical Society |
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| The marine painter Edward
E. Arnold found inspiration in the sailing ships coming
in and out of the busy port of New Orleans prior to and
during the Civil War. Born in Heilbronn, Wurttemberg,
Germany, Arnold arrived in New Orleans around 1846 with
his Irish wife, Caroline Mary O’Reilly. While in
Louisiana, Arnold also painted portraits, landscapes, and
occasional signs, but his specialization remained ship
portraits. Arnold worked as a partner with James Guy Evans in 1850 and later collaborated on lithographic printing projects with R. W. Fishbourne. The Louisiana State Museum has a lithographed Mardi Gras invitation signed by Arnold as well as a significant collection of his ship paintings. In Toccoa Arnold showed the ship at sea with sails full and flags waving and identified the ship’s name and its captain, U. B. Patten, in a black border along the bottom edge of the painting. By the
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