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5.50" x 8.00"
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7.50" x 10.00"
Steamboat Gothic Art Print
by Cheri Randolph
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Steamboat Gothic art print by Cheri Randolph. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The plantation home known today as San Francisco was completed in 1855. The owner, Edmond Marmillion, hired the most expert craftsmen available in... more
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Artist's Description
The plantation home known today as "San Francisco" was completed in 1855. The owner, Edmond Marmillion, hired the most expert craftsmen available in Europe and the States to ornament his home, with painted ceilings and faux grain marbling and wood graining throughout.
The house became so distinctive that it inspired novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes to write "Steamboat Gothic", a story about the family she imagined lived there. Viewed from some angles, the house closely resembles the ornate and yet graceful superstructure of a Mississippi riverboat.
The unusual name "San Francisco" is believed to be derived from a subsequent owner's comment about the extraordinary debt he was confronted with when taking over the estate. He declared he was sans fruscins or "without a penny in my pocket." The name evolved into St. Frusquin and, in 1879, was changed into "San Francisco" by the next owner.
The colors are based on historical research and closely resemble the ori...
About Cheri Randolph
Cheri Randolph was awarded a degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans with a concentration in the study of Art History. She credits printmaker, Calvin Harlan , a UNO professor, as being quite influential in her composition techniques as well as painter, Ida Kohlmeyer with a better understanding of color. Pictorialism would best describe her current work, stylistically. Cheri has expressed her artistic talents in a variety of ways including; wheel-thrown pottery, quilting, vintage clothing restoration, interior decorative painting and photography. She is a resident of both the Houston Heights and historic New Orleans Uptown. A favorite quote is, "The bird of time has but a little way to flutter - and the bird is on the...
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Madalena Lobao-Tello
CONGRATULATIONS!! Featured on Female Artists!! Great work, love how you have done this!!! Very well done!!
Cheri Randolph
Madalena, It is always an honor to be featured in your group of Creative Women - THANKS!
Cheryl Cencich
Beautiful capture!! V/F
Cheri Randolph replied:
Cheryl, appreciate your comment & the V/F!