Two Yancey Sisters of New Orleans Louisiana 1850's.
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Anne Rebecca Yancey
(1829-1854)

Written on the back

 "Anne Rebecca Yancey - Aunt of Rev. Charles Yancey Steptoe - this is an oil painting of the original portrait now owned by Dr Phillip Pendleton Steptoe.   The artist of the portrait may have been Audubon or maybe Healy.  It was painted in New Orleans, La. some time in the 1850's.  This picture was given to Frances Steptoe by Elizabeth W. Steptoe"

Mary Yancey - Mrs. Macon
(1825-1853)