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TITLE: Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Iona Sturges Esqr. / painted by W.S. Mount ; engraved by Alfred Jones.
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Jones--Farmers nooning (1) (D size) [P&P]
PGA - Jones--Farmers nooning (2-9) Unfinished progressive proofs
PGA - Jones--Farmers nooning (10) Another impression printed by Burton.
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-4565 (color film copy transparency of no. 1)
LC-USZCN4-341 (color film copy neg. of no. 1)
LC-USZ62-23089 (b&w film copy neg. of no. 10)
SUMMARY: Workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, various hay harvesting tools present.
MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: New York : Published by the Apollo Association, 1843 (printed by J. Dalton)
CREATOR:
Jones, Alfred, 1819-1900, engraver.
RELATED NAMES:
Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868, artist.
NOTES:
Printed exclusively for the members of the year 1843.
Library has (no. 1) finished state, Dalton printing; (no. 2 to 9) progressive proofs in various unfinished states; and (no. 10) "Printed by Burton." DLC
Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
SUBJECTS:
Agricultural laborers--1840-1850.
African Americans--Employment--1840-1850.
FORMAT:
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency of no. 1) cph 3g04565 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04565
(b&w film copy neg. of no. 10) cph 3a24157 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a24157
CONTROL #: 96509877
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