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"Healthful and intelligent information": paintings and drawings.(National Society of the Colonial Dames of America art collections)

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In some instances, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) acquired works of art focusing on the history of a people or region, rather than works that tell stories about specific individuals and their contributions.

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After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Americans moved to the newly annexed land seeking financial opportunity. The French artist Jean Joseph Vaudechamp first came to the region in 1831 and quickly became the leading portrait painter in New Orleans, returning to his native France during the summer months when heat and yellow fever epidemics drove visitors away. (1) His primary clientele was the wealthy ...

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