Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Marie Laveau" in English language version.
... it is amusing to note that at least four different portraits, which do not in the least resemble each other, have been claimed as likenesses of Marie; and it has become something of a joke in New Orleans that the owner of any unidentified portrait of a woman of color with her head wrapped in a tignon will almost invariably put forth a similar claim.
The New Orleans priestesses and priests, called queens and doctors, included Marie Saloppé, Sanité Dédé, Betsey Toledano, Marie Comtese, Marie Laveau, Marie Glapion, Doctor Jim and Doctor John Montane in the nineteenth century.
But when Angie Green, executive director of Save Our Cemeteries, a nonprofit group that works to preserve historic cemeteries throughout the city, saw someone blasting Laveau's tomb with a high-pressure water gun she said she immediately called the Archdiocese. "Pressure washing is terrible for any old building," Green said. "When I first saw them doing it they had two sides done and there were chips of brick and plaster from the tomb all over the ground. I asked them to stop and everyone (at the Archdiocese) said they would stop but they are still doing it." [Sarah McDonald, director of communications for the Archdiocese,] said Green's allegation that the pressure washing is inflicting significant damage is "inaccurate."
... it is amusing to note that at least four different portraits, which do not in the least resemble each other, have been claimed as likenesses of Marie; and it has become something of a joke in New Orleans that the owner of any unidentified portrait of a woman of color with her head wrapped in a tignon will almost invariably put forth a similar claim.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)The New Orleans priestesses and priests, called queens and doctors, included Marie Saloppé, Sanité Dédé, Betsey Toledano, Marie Comtese, Marie Laveau, Marie Glapion, Doctor Jim and Doctor John Montane in the nineteenth century.