Tuning up [graphic]. Slaves -- Caricatures & cartoons. Slaves -- Music. African American musicians -- Tennessee. Christmas. Engraving is one of several accompanying the story "A Winter in the South." It is set in Tennesse, and shows three black musicians, who, at the request of their master, played for him and his family on Christmas Day. According to the story's unnamed author, the master's rhetorical question " . . . because we have the misfortune to be white, shall we never forget our cares and troubles?" was followed by the decisive order, "Bring in the fiddlers!" As the author then wrote, "In came the joyful musicians, grinning from ear to ear, and bowing until they sweep the floor with their greasy hats, anticipating the extra drams and half-dollars for their holiday spendings." (p. 295) In the illustration, the musicians are show with their instruments (fiddles and a tamborine). The portrayal of their facial features adheres to negative racial stereotypes. Illustration in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 17, no. 99 (August 1858), p. 295. Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Daily Life. [New York: Harper & Brothers] NY. New York. 1858 [August 1858] Wood engravings -- 1850-1860. Periodical illustrations -- 1850-1860. 1 print: wood engraving; image 12 x 11 cm. (4.5 x 4.25 in) Islandora:2875 Library Company of Philadelphia Rare Per H 9 62992.O v 17 n 99 August 1858 p 295 62992.O Part of Harper's new monthly magazine. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858.