Details
Creator Newman, W. engraver.
Title [Tobacco house] [graphic] / W. Newman del. sculp.
Publisher [London: s.n]
Date [1800]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; image 16 x 10 cm. (6.25 x 3.75 in)
Description Engraving accompanies the section, "Of the Tobacco House and its Variety," which begins Part II, "On the Manner of Housing, Curing, and Vending Tobacco in Virginia." A key to the illustration is printed at the front of the book. A denotes "the common Tobacco House." B shows tobacco hanging on a scaffold. C illustrates "the operation of prizing." D offers an "inside view of a Tobacco House, shewing [sic] the tobacco hanging to cure." E is an outside view of the public warehouse; F is an inside view of the public warehouse, "shewing the process of inspection."
Is part of Tatham, William, 1752-1819. Historical and practical essay on the culture and commerce of tobacco. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, by T. Bensley, 1800.
Notes Plate in William Tatham's An Historical and Practical Essay on the Culture and Commerce of Tobacco (London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, by T. Bensley, 1800), p. 27.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Subject Tobacco plantations.
Tobacco industry.
Genre Engravings -- 1790-1800.
Book illustrations -- 1790-1800.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1800 Tat 2783.O p 27
Accession number 2783.O