Louis Xavier Magny

French, c. 1800–1855

Magny was born in Avignon, France. He studied and worked as a lithographer in France before coming to New Orleans in about 1847. Magny produced a range of subjects, including portraits, city views, and sheet music covers. He is today best known for lithographs of St. Louis Cathedral. Magny's shop was in Exchange Alley or Exchange Place for the eight years that he was in New Orleans. He is listed in city directories as a lithographer until his death on July 15, 1855.

Ancienne Cathédral de la Nouvelle Orleans. Louis Xavier Magny, c. 1848. Lithograph. Gift of Henry Krotzer, Louisiana State Museum 1956.250
Ancienne Cathédral de la Nouvelle Orleans
Louis Xavier Magny, c. 1848
Lithograph
Gift of Henry Krotzer, Louisiana State Museum 1956.250

Magny created a set of lithographs about 1848 to show the proposed addition to St. Louis Cathedral, completed in 1851.
Nouvelle Cathédral de la Nouvelle Orleans. Louis Xavier Magny, 1848. Lithograph. Gift of Ethel ., Louisiana State Museum 09042C.1
Nouvelle Cathédral de la Nouvelle Orleans
Louis Xavier Magny, 1848
Lithograph
Gift of Ethel Perkins, Louisiana State Museum 09042C.1
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St. Ann Street. Knute Heldner, 1933. Etching. Gift of the Friends of the Cabildo, Louisiana State Museum 1972.021.10.

Knute Heldner and Collette Pope Heldner

Swedish, 1875–1952 &
American, 1902–1990
 

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Madam John's Legacy. Morris Henry Hobbs, 1939. Etching, 6 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches. Gift of Mr. Raymond Samuel, Louisiana State Museum 1983.038.

Morris Henry Hobbs

American, 1892–1967

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John James Audubon. Jules Lion, 1860. Lithograph on paper. Louisiana State Museum 00221.

Jules Lion

French, 1810–1866

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Ancienne Cathédral de la Nouvelle Orleans. Louis Xavier Magny, c. 1848. Lithograph. Gift of Henry Krotzer, Louisiana State Museum 1956.250

Louis Xavier Magny

French, c. 1800–1855

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Olivier Plantation, Orange Grove. Marie Adrien Persac, 1861. Gouache and collage on paper, 15 ¾ x 22 inches. Loan of Mrs. Rene T. Beauregard, Louisiana State Museum 07155.

Marie Adrien Persac

French, 1823–1873

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A View of New Orleans taken from Opposite Side of the River Mississippi, 1765. Attributed to Lt./Capt. Philip Pittman, 1765. Ink on paper, 5 7/8 x 46 ½ inches. Louisiana State Museum XX0771.

Philip Pittman

English, 1740–1775

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African-American Woman with Tignon. Ellsworth Woodward, c. 1910. Etching on paper, 7 7/8 x 8 ½ inches. Louisiana State Museum.

Ellsworth Woodward

American, 1861–1939

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Battle of New Orleans and Death of Major General Packenham on the 8th of Jan. 1815. Joseph Yeager, after William Edward West, printed by Y. Saurman, and published by McCarty & Davis, 1817. Hand-colored engraving and aquatint, 16 1/8 x 20 1/2 inches. Gift of Mr. Thomas Favrot, Louisiana State Museum 1977.114.1.

Joseph Yeager

American, c. 1792–1859

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Visual Arts Collection
Bayou landscape. Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1876. Louisiana State Museum 1982.107.

Paintings

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St Louis Cathedral 1840

Works on Paper

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Three Men (P. Theaux, A.L. Hocsell, and F.E. Derr), Lake Charles. George François Mugnier, November 3, 1895. Collodion on glass plate, 8 x 10 inches. Louisiana State Museum 09813.0005.

Photographs

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Detail of the bust of Renato Beluche by Jose M. Ulloa, plaster and paint, 1951. Louisiana State Museum T0001.1971. (Photograph by Mark J. Sindler)

Sculpture

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