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Was New Orleans’ first portraitist a free man of color? His 2 ‘priceless’ paintings now on display.
Julien Hudson's 1835 painting "Creole boy with a moth," may have been painted after the child's untimely death. The colorful moth in Julien Hudson's 1835 painting "Creole boy with a moth” may have been a symbol of transition, implying that the portrait…