I used Waud's sketch (now in a New Orleans museum) as the basis for this painting.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The old home place
Recently I've gotten interesting in genealogy. My brother, Bob, uncovered a sketch that artist A. R. Waud made in about 1870. It shows the river landing of our great-great-grandfather's plantation in central Arkansas. Our grandfather, his father and our mother were all born there . . . well more than 100 years ago. It was the Douglass Plantation, later becoming Douglass, Arkansas. Now little more is left but an overgrown cemetery of 48 graves.
I used Waud's sketch (now in a New Orleans museum) as the basis for this painting.
I used Waud's sketch (now in a New Orleans museum) as the basis for this painting.
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Thank you for posting your watercolor of the Douglass Plantation. I 'do' genealogy, and am researching the line of Bushrod Washington Lee when I saw your pic and data.
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