Details
Creator Orr, John William, 1815-1887 engraver.
Title Aunt Winnie [graphic] / J.W. Orr sc.
Publisher [New York: Harper & Brothers]
Date [August 1856]
Physical Description 1 print: wood engraving; image 15 x 12 cm. (6 x 4.5 in)
Description As the title suggests, the engraving is a portrait of Aunt Winnie, whom Strother's described as an "aged domestic" of "much importance" on a large Virginia estate. "Aunt Winnie," he explained, "was supposed to be upward of a hundred years old, and could count among her descendants children of the fifth generation" (one of whom stands at her side). According to Crayon, Aunt Winnie's cabin, a portion of which is visible in the portrait, "was fitted up with due regard to the comfort of the aged occupant, not forgetting the ornamental, in the shape of highly-colored lithographs and white fringed curtains." (p. 309)
Is part of Harper's new monthly magazine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856.
Notes Illustration in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 13, no. 75 (August 1856), p. 310.
Engraving accompanies Porte Crayon's [i.e., David Hunter Strother's] "Virginia illustrated. Adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins," which was published in book form in 1857 by Harper & Brothers of New York.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Subject Women slaves -- Virginia -- Portraits.
Slave quarters -- Virginia.
Centenarians.
Genre Wood engravings -- 1850-1860.
Periodical illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888, author.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Per H 9 62992.O v 13 n 75 August 1856 p 310
Accession number 62992.O