The marine painter Edward E. Arnold found inspiration in
the sailing ships coming in and out of the busy port of New Orleans
prior to and during the Civil War. Born in Heilbronn, Wurttemberg,
Germany, Arnold arrived in New Orleans around 1846 with his Irish wife,
Caroline Mary OReilly. While in Louisiana, Arnold also painted
portraits, landscapes, and occasional signs, but his specialization
remained ship portraits.
Arnold worked as a partner with James Guy Evans in 1850 and later
collaborated on lithographic printing projects with R. W. Fishbourne.
The Louisiana State Museum has a lithographed Mardi Gras invitation
signed by Arnold as well as a significant collection of his ship
paintings.
In Toccoa Arnold showed the ship at sea with sails full and flags
waving and identified the ships name and its captain, U. B. Patten, in
a black border along the bottom edge of the painting.
Source:
Louisiana State Museum. Toccoa.
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