No. 24. A Plantation Scene, in South Carolina
No. 24. A Plantation Scene, in South Carolina
No. 24. A Plantation Scene, in South Carolina
No. 24. A Plantation Scene, in South Carolina

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No. 24. A Plantation Scene, in South Carolina,

1860

Unknown American photographer
2017-26

Information

Title
No. 24. A Plantation Scene, in South Carolina
Dates

1860

Maker
Unknown American photographer
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
8.9 × 17.8 cm (3 1/2 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2017-26
Place Made

North America, United States, South Carolina

Marks/Labels/Seals
Typed on paper adhered to verso: No. 24 / A PLANTATION SCENE, IN SOUTH CAROLINA. / This picture represents the Negro Quarters on a Plantation, as taken in 1860. It is / a true picture of life on a well organized Plantation in South Carolina. Old and young / are assembled after the heads of the families have finished their tasks, to partake of their / meals, prepared by those selected for that purpose by the owner, in consequence of their / inability to do field work. The task of the industrious and provident slave was often / finished by mid-day. After which they were permitted to work for themselves in a / garden patch attached to their quarters.
Culture
American
Period
antebellum
Type
albumen prints, photographs, stereographs
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
families, children (people by age group), figures (representations), plantations, men, slaves, women, houses

[Greg French Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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