Laborers Returning at Sunset from Picking Cotton...

Artist George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902)

Dateca. 1875

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/16 × 6 3/16 inches (8.1 × 15.72 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3676

SignedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "G.N. BARNARD, / No. 263 King Street, Charleston, S.C."

InscribedOn mount recto, right edge, in black type: "South Carolina Views."; On mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "No. 84. Laborers Returning at Sunset from Picking Cotton, on Alex. / Knox's Plantation, Mt. Pleasant, near Charleston, S. C.".

MarkingsOn mount verso, right edge, in black type: "Theresa M. Abbott"

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DescriptionImage of people walking orderly down a path while carrying large bound bags on top of their heads. Near the front of the line, a child stands next to a woman in a striped dress who is holding a baby. Narrow trees line the background.

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