Dominique Theuret
New Orleans Thursday the 15 of November 1849 at 5 o'clock, Explosion of the Louisiana

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Artist Dominique Theuret American, 1812–after 1854

ArtistAfter G. ToltiAmerican

CultureAmerican

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New Orleans Thursday the 15 of November 1849 at 5 o'clock, Explosion of the Louisiana

Datec. 1849

PlaceNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States

MediumChromolithograph on paper

DimensionsSheet: 16 13/16 × 21 in. (42.7 × 53.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by R. Cary McNair and Robert C. McNair in honor of Thomas Coleman at "One Great Night in November, 1999"

Object numberB.99.15

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DescriptionIn spite of its relatively crude draftsmanship, Dominique Theuret’s rare chromolithograph dramatically captures the horror of the steamboat Louisiana’s dockside explosion. Recorded as one of the most disastrous steamboat accidents on record, estimates of fatalities range between 150 and 200. Moreover, as After G. Tolti graphically records, body parts were scattered over the levee. One writer, describing the aftermath noted, “The effects of this disaster, unexampled in the history of steam navigation, were visible in every circle of society at New Orleans.”
Provenance[Martayan Lan, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Des. d'aprés le fait par G. Tolti
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: New-Orleans Thursday the 15 November 1849 at 5 o'clock, / EXPLOSION OF THE LOUISIANA. /Published & Sold by D. Theuret Lithographer Exchange Alley N.o 11, between St. Louis & Conti Str.s N.O.

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