Details
Creator Orr, John William, 1815-1887 engraver.
Title Picking cotton [graphic] / J.W. Orr N.Y.
Publisher [New York: Harper & Brothers]
Publisher NY. New York. 1854
Date [January 1854]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; image 8 x 6 cm. (3 x 2.25 in)
Description Engraving is one of several accompanying T.B. Thorpe's article "Cotton and its Cultivation." It shows several black field hands picking cotton, and corresponds with the following passage: "The season of cotton picking commences in the latter part of July, and continues without intermission to the Christmas holidays. The work is not heavy, but becomes tedious from its sameness. The field hands are each supplied with a basket and a bag. The basket is left at the head of the 'cotton-rows;' the bag is suspended from the 'picker's' neck by a strap, and is used to hold the cotton as it is taken from the boll. When the bag is filled it is emptied into the basket, and this routine is continued through the day." (p. 455)
Is part of Harper's new monthly magazine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854.
Notes Illustration in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 8, no. 46 (March 1854), p. 456.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Subject Cotton plantation workers -- United States.
Cotton picking -- United States.
African American agricultural laborers.
Genre Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Periodical illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per H 9 62992.O v 8 n 46 March 1854 p 456
Accession number 62992.O