biografía de Charlotte Marie C. WEHRMANN (1830-1911)

Lugar de nacimiento: Paris, France

Lugar de defunción: New Orleans, LA

Direcciones: New Orleans, active c.1852-85

Profesión: Engraver

Exposiciones: World's Indust. & Cotton Cent. Expo, 1884-85; Grand State Fair, 1867 (medal)

Comentarios: She and Henry Wehrmann (see entry) married in 1848 and arrived in New Orleans in 1849. She engraved sheet music for her husband's company and together they printed over 8000 individual compositions and were commissioned by all major music houses in the city. She also engraved the first plates published by her son, Henry W. Wehrmann (see entry). Her son Valentine won a prize for his crayon drawing at age 16.

Fuentes: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 405.

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