Details
Title The banks of the River James [graphic].
Publisher [New York: Harper & Brothers]
Publisher NY. New York. 1856
Date [January 1856]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; image 6 x 10 cm. (2.5 x 4 in)
Description Image is set Lynchburg, Virginia, where a party of African American men rest on the bank of the River James. A row-boat and two oars are visible in the left foreground; a wagon occupies the background.
Is part of Harper's new monthly magazine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856.
Notes Illustration in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 12, no. 68 (January 1856), p. 174.
Engraving accompanies Porte Crayon's [i.e., David Hunter Srother's] "Virginia Illustrated. Adventures of Porte Crayon and his Cousins," which was published in book form in 1857. See David Hunter Strother, Virginia Illustrated (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857).
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Subject African American men -- Social life and customs -- Virginia -- Lynchburg.
Geographic subject James River (Va.)
Genre Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Periodical illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per H 9 62992.O v 12 n 68 January 1856 p 174
Accession number 62992.O