Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr. / / William S. Mount 1836 ; painted by W.S. Mount ; engraved by Alfred Jones.
Summary
Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece of straw, various hay harvesting tools are present; a split-rail fence and haystack are visible in the background.
Signed on plate on lower left: Wm. S. Mount 1836.
Sheet measures: 659 x 786 mm
The Library has eleven prints; this print represents one of the two "published" prints that are distinct from the nine trial proofs.
Library copy has an accompanying label mounted with the print that states: Library of Congress, Art Department. No. R1003.
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.
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