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No. 78 - Economy of Time and Labour Exemplified in a Chinese Waterman
No. 78 - Economy of Time and Labour Exemplified in a Chinese Waterman

No. 78 - Economy of Time and Labour Exemplified in a Chinese Waterman

CultureEnglish
Date19th century
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate: 2 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (6.99 × 11.76 cm)
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 7 inches (11.23 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF83-40/31
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

[No known exhibitions at this time]

Provenance

Laurence Sickman (1907-1988), Kansas City, MO, by August 5, 1983;

Given by Laurence Sickman to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1983.

Published References

George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995 (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 287, as No 78—Economy of Time and Labor exemplified in a Chinese waterman.

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FULTON. MO. MAY. 7.TH 1973. YES, 80" YEARS OF HARD" HARD; LABOUR. IS' A-HECK OF A LONG" LONG TIME; YES, SAWING WOOD, TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WARM YES, MANY' FAMILIES: HAVE SAT BY: A RED HOT STOVE' AFTER A SAWED THEIR WOOD. I HAVE SHEARED MANY SHEEP, AND' GOATS I HAVE NAILED SHOES ON A NUMBER: OF HORSE'S. I HAVE PL-OWED' AND ORDERED, MANY GARDENS: FOR ONE THIRD THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY" JUST TO' GET ONE" ONE: tHIRD BRO-KE." i PLOWED WITH A SIX HORSE: TEAM." IN: LITTLE SHASTA. CAL-IN YEAR. 1905. I HAVE STACKED MANY. STACKS' OF: HAY" I HAVE HAULED MANY LOGS TO BE'SAWED INTO LUMBER; I HAVE WORKED' IN SOME OF THE LARGEST SAW MILL'S, IN THE U.S.A. I RUN STREET CARS IN. PINE BLUFF ARK. I DROVE SKILES' IN THE WABAS' RR. IN 1904. QUOTE. IN: THE SWEAT OF THEY FACE SHALT THOU: EAT BREAD; GEN.3:19. JESSE HOWARD.
FULTON. MO. MAY. 7.TH 1973. YES, 80" YEARS OF HARD" HARD; LABOUR. IS' A-HECK OF A LONG" LONG TIME; YES, SAWING WOOD, TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WARM YES, MANY' FAMILIES: HAVE SAT BY: A RED HOT STOVE' AFTER A SAWED THEIR WOOD. I HAVE SHEARED MANY SHEEP, AND' GOATS I HAVE NAILED SHOES ON A NUMBER: OF HORSE'S. I HAVE PL-OWED' AND ORDERED, MANY GARDENS: FOR ONE THIRD THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY" JUST TO' GET ONE" ONE: tHIRD BRO-KE." i PLOWED WITH A SIX HORSE: TEAM." IN: LITTLE SHASTA. CAL-IN YEAR. 1905. I HAVE STACKED MANY. STACKS' OF: HAY" I HAVE HAULED MANY LOGS TO BE'SAWED INTO LUMBER; I HAVE WORKED' IN SOME OF THE LARGEST SAW MILL'S, IN THE U.S.A. I RUN STREET CARS IN. PINE BLUFF ARK. I DROVE SKILES' IN THE WABAS' RR. IN 1904. QUOTE. IN: THE SWEAT OF THEY FACE SHALT THOU: EAT BREAD; GEN.3:19. JESSE HOWARD.
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