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Pallbearers accompany the hearse carrying Deborah Williams’s father, a Mardi Gras Indian chief. Williams was able to see footage of the funeral, which she attended as a little girl, thanks to the Williams Research Center’s acquisition and digitization of the Jules Cahn Video Collection. (Still from the Jules Cahn Video Collection, gift of the Cahn Family, 2000.78.4.18)
when visitors have new and interesting questions. Working with Ms. Williams was one of the most touching and personal experiences I have had at my job, and I was very happy to help her find exactly what she was looking for.
—Robert Ticknor
Concerts in the Courtyard Series
THNOC’s fall concert series opens with performances by Brass-A-Holics (September), Kristin Diable (October), and Hot Club of New Orleans (November).
Fridays, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, and Nov. 15
533 Royal St.
6-8 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Admission: $10 or free for THNOC members (includes three complimentary cocktails)
Laussat Society Gala
Members ofThe Collection’s Laussat Society and Bienville Circle will be honored at this annual gala.
Friday, Oct. 24
For more information about joining the Laussat Society or Bienville Circle, please contact Jack Pruitt Esq., director of development and external affairs, at (504) 598-7173 orjackp@hnoc.org.
Gettysburg to Vicksburg: Photographs of Civil War Battlefields by A. J. Meek
The upcoming exhibition in The Collection’s Laura Simon Nelson Galleries will feature recent photographs by Louisiana artist A. J. Meek of the five original Civil War battlefield parks: Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Shiloh, Antietam, and Vicksburg.
Opens Wednesday, Nov. 6 400 Chartres St.
9:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
Admission: Free
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SPOTLIGHT: STAFF DONATION
urator John T. Magill contributed more than his regular column to this quarter’s acquisitions news with the recent donation of his family’s heirloom silver tea service.
The service belonged to a maternal ancestor of Magill s, Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Maxwell Tylden (1787-1866), who served as a British army major and was present for the Battle of New Orleans alongside Major General Sir Edward Pakenham. (The 7"in Magill’s name stands for Tilden, the American variant of Tylden.)
According to Robert V. Remini’s book The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America’s First Military Victory, during action—the final incident in the War of 1812—Pakenham ordered Tylden to send for reserve troops but was mortally wounded shortly after doing so. (The bugler responsible for calling up the reserve was shot in the arm and dropped his bugle, preventing the command from being carried out.) Tylden was one of several officers tasked with reporting Pakenham’s death.
The tea service comprises a teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, and sugar tongs, all engraved with the Tylden family crest. Bearing a hallmark of 1806/07, the set was made by I-ondon silversmiths William Burwash and Richard Sibley and is typical of the early 19th-century Regency style. As it was not a presentation set, the tea service was in near-daily use, probably well into the 20th century. Somewhere along the line of succession for this heirloom—it stayed in New Zealand from 1912 until 1968, when Magill’s mother, Alison Emily Grant Brewer Magill (Mrs. Franklin Charles) inherited it—a silver salver became part of the set. The footed salver, a serving tray for food or beverage, dates to the mid-18th century and was made by Morton and Co. in Sheffield.
“My mother wanted to see [the tea service] transferred safely to The Collection,” Magill says. “Here, it’s maintaining its provenance. Anywhere else, its New Orleans connection would be completely overlooked.”
—Molly Reid
Tylden tea service, by Burwash & Sibley; 1806/07; silver; THNOC, gift of Mrs. Franklin Charles Magill and John T. Magill,
2013.0020.1—4. Footedfalver, by Morton & Co.; mid-18th century; silver over copper; THNOC, gift of Mrs. Franklin Charles Magill and John T. Magill, 2013.0020.5
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