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[A recreation of a larger painting by Silver that he wants displayed in an art store window on Canal Street, which features a sunset reflecting on the water between two rocks]
J[ames] Silver ALS to Mother, Father, Sister and others, March 10, 1872. New Orleans, [La.], page 2. From a collection of 12 letters, each several pages long, that Silver composed during his 1872 visit to New Orleans, Louisiana. He recounted his journey from New York to Louisiana, as well as his time spent in and around New Orleans. Silver included 39 ink sketches of people and scenery throughout his letters.
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