CSPAN3 Rosenberg Library Museum Archives And Collections April 11, 2015
Thayer to the old house and were laying the foundation for a new one they discovered a number of confederate artifacts and this painting rolled up in a tent. The family took this as possible jeanne lafitte painting and the piece was donated to the library. However it was really just speculation that led the early folks to believe that this was jean lafitte. But its caught fire much like all the history with lafitte theres mythology thats difficult to disentangle from fact. A few experts have taken a look at this portrait and concluded that its most likely not lafitte for a number of reasons in...