William Woodward
(American/Louisiana, 1859-1939)

"Orleans Alley, N.O. (Ruelle D'Orleans, Sud, Towards Jackson Square-Louisiana Arsenal-in 1907)", 1935

etching on paper
pencil-signed and inscribed "1st Proof" in lower margin, and signed and dated in the plate lower right.
Accompanied by label with artist and title.
Unframed.
sheet 15-1/4" x 11"

Literature: Illustrated in French Quarter Etchings of Old New Orleans by William Woodward, New Orleans: The Magnolia Press, 1938, plate 14.

Notes: The note by Woodward which accompanied the print stated, "This alley or 'ruelle', meaning small street, was cut through in 1831 and is sometimes called Pirates' Alley, as allegedly Jean and Pierre Lafitte, the noted pirates who so greatly aided Andrew Jackson in winning the Battle of New Orleans, had a 'rendezvous' in the little street running between the St. Louis Cathedral and the Cabildo."

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