Plantation of Gen[eral]: (sic) Z[achary] Taylor[,] Parish of St. Charles La., The

Subject

Zachary Taylor, Fashion Plantation; sugar plantation, St. Charles Parish, sugar house, rain house, rain shed

Date

1848 c.

Mapmaker

Waller, H. & W. G., Surveyors & Civil Engineers

Place of Publication

Baton Rouge, La.

Accession Number

1987.100.009

Condition

Good. Has been conserved; top left corner section area missing 3 1/4 x 8 1/4;

Curatorial Notes

pencilled notes in margins. See Bauer, "Zachary Taylor, Soldier, Planter, Statesman…, " LSU Press, 1985, p. 107.

Exhibition History

In Zachary Taylor/Mexican America War exhibit 1990-1996

Notes

Nice compass rose; title cartouche contains eagle, American flag. Although Zachary Taylor financed the purchase of Fashion Plantation, he actually bought it for his son Richard and did not live there himself.

Media Type

mss. watercolor; on rice paper

Size

27 x 17

Storage

c03d05