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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:

Engravings 1840-1850.

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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