Harper's weekly (1867) Coming from the Church, Bayou LaFourche, Louisiana, Alfred Waud, 1857

Coming from the church - scene on the bayou lafourche - sketched by a. R. Waud. Harper's weekly, 19 january 1867, page 40 accompanying text (page 46): coming from church. Last year, upon ascension day, the bayous were so full that walking was almost impossible upon the roads, which were wet and muddy from the leakage of water through the levees. These were so thoroughly soaked that, even upon the top of them, there was more muddy than dry spots. However, being a holiday among the catholics, the residents were all out attending church in full holiday costume. These were so quaint, and the ladies so indifferent to appearances while engaged in keeping their clothes dry, that our artist seized the opportunity to make a characteristic sketch of the natives. The floods in the mississippi, and the breaks in the levees of that river, was the cause of the unusual rise in these bayous of western louisiana. Identifier: harpersweeklyv11bonn (find matches) title: harper's weekly year: 1857 (1850s) authors: bonner, john, 1828-1899 curtis, george william, 1824-1892 alden, henry mills, 1836-1919 conant, samuel stillman, 1831-1885? schuyler, montgomery, 1843-1914 foord, john, 1842-1922 davis, richard harding, 1864-1916 schurz, carl, 1829-1906 nelson, henry loomis, 1846-1908 bangs, john kendrick, 1862-1922 harvey, george brinton mcclellan, 1864-1928 hapgood, norman, 1868-1937 subjects: publisher: new york: harper & brothers contributing library: lincoln financial foundation collection digitizing sponsor: the institute of museum and library services through an indiana state library lsta grant view book page: book viewer about this book: catalog entry view all images: all images from book click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Date: 1857.