In Priere (New Orleans, La., 1851), cover vignette., “A Mademoiselle Sallie R. Price”., Full-length portrait of a young woman on her knees praying to a statue of the Virgin Mary; the dedicatee, Sallie R. Price, married Ludovic Hanau, the author of the song Priere, which expresses the hope that the Virgin Mary will watch over the couple.