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The Cotton Pickers

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Description: The Cotton Pickers
TitleThe Cotton Pickers
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 1/16 x 38 1/8 in. (61 x 96.8 cm)
LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art
http:/­/­collections.lacma.org/­node/­184714
Accession numberM.77.68
SubjectsAgricultural laborers in artCotton pickingGenre painting, AmericanWomen, Black, in artBlack people in art
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Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to...
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PublisherHarvard University Press
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Description: In the Cornfield
In the Cornfield
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameClonney, James Goodwyn
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1844
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions14 x 17 in.
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/in-the-cornfield-33132
Accession number47.1263
In the Cornfield
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Description: Near Andersonville
Near Andersonville
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator name (description)Signed
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865–1866
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas
Dimensions58.4 × 45.7 cm
LocationNewark Museum, New Jersey
Accession number1966 66.354
Near Andersonville
Near Andersonville
Description: Employment of the Negro in Agriculture
Employment of the Negro in Agriculture
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameRichardson, Earle Wilton
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1934
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 × 32 1/8 in. (121.8 ×81.6 cm)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/employment-of-negroes-in-agriculture-20876
Accession number1964.1.183
Employment of the Negro in Agriculture
Employment of the Negro in Agriculture
Description: A Visit From the Old Mistress
A Visit From the Old Mistress
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions45.7 × 61.3 cm
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D. C.
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/visit-old-mistress-10737
Accession number1909.7.28
A Visit From the Old Mistress
A Visit From the Old Mistress
Description: Dressing for the Carnival
Dressing for the Carnival
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions50.8 × 76.2 cm
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11116
Accession number22.220
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Description: Sunday Morning
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameHovenden, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions46.3 × 39.4 cm
LocationFine Arts Museums of San Francisco
https://art.famsf.org/thomas-hovenden/sunday-morning-19431
Accession number1943.1
Sunday Morning
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Description: The Veteran in a New Field
The Veteran in a New Field
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. (61.3 x 96.8 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11145
Accession number67.187.131
The Veteran in a New Field
The Veteran in a New Field
Description: Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus
Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1810
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching and aquatint
LocationDaniel Lysons, "Collectanea," vol. I. British Library, London
Accession numberC.103.k.11
Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus
Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus
Description: Mrs. Newsham, the white Negress
Mrs. Newsham, the white Negress
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator roleMetalist
Creation date1795
Object typeCoin/Medal
MaterialsCopper
LocationTemi Odumosu private collection
Mrs. Newsham, the white Negress
Mrs. Newsham, the white Negress
Description: A white Negro woman, together with her husband, and two children
A white Negro woman, together with her husband, and two children
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameZoffany, Johann
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1788
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationHunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, London
A white Negro woman, together with her...
A white Negro woman, together with her husband, and two children
Description: The Bright Side
The Bright Side
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator name (description)Signed
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas
Dimensions33 × 44.4 cm
LocationFine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco
https://art.famsf.org/winslow-homer/bright-side-1979756
Accession number1979.7.56
The Bright Side
The Bright Side
Description: Plantation Workers on Their Way Home
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameHawkins, Kathleen
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions50 x 40 cm
LocationBarbados Gallery of Art
Plantation Workers on Their Way Home
Plantation Workers on Their Way Home
Description: Sultan's Wife Drinking Coffee
Sultan's Wife Drinking Coffee
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameLoo, Carle van
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1755
Object typePainting
MaterialsOverdoor, oil on canvas
Dimensions120 x 127 cm
LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/01.%20Paintings/38118
Accession number7489
Sultan's Wife Drinking Coffee
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Description: Under a Palm Tree
Under a Palm Tree
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1886
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions382 × 308 mm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.55591.html
Accession number1975.92.16
Under a Palm Tree
Under a Palm Tree
Description: Charlot
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameThrash, Dox
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePrinter/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1938−1939
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching and carborundum mezzotint
Dimensions8 7/8 × 7 in. (22.5 × 17.8 cm)
LocationSaint Louis Art Museum
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/36092/
Accession number334:1943
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Description: The Family of Darius Before Alexander (detail)
The Family of Darius Before Alexander (detail)
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Mar 19
Creator nameBeaumont, Claudio Francesco
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Chambéry, France
Accession number1049
The Family of Darius Before Alexander...
The Family of Darius Before Alexander (detail)
Description: Reception of the Ambassador from Tunis
Reception of the Ambassador from Tunis
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameWest, Benjamin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1781
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions71.44 x 91.76 cm
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-ambassador-from-tunis-with-his-attendants-as-he-appeared-in-england-in-1781-33544
Accession number55.932
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Description: Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Kitchen Ball at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameMayr, Christian Friedrich
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1838
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 29 1/2 in.
LocationNorth Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
http://www.artnc.org/works-of-art/kitchen-ball-white-sulphur-springs-virginia
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Description: The Power of Music
The Power of Music
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameMount, William Sidney
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 1/16 x 21 1/16 in. (43.4 x 53.5 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.110
Accession number1991.110
The Power of Music
The Power of Music
Description: The Sailor's Wedding
The Sailor's Wedding
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameWoodville, Richard Caton
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1852
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions18 1/2 x 22 in.
LocationWalters Art Gallery, Baltimore
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/22135/the-sailors-wedding/
Accession number37.142
The Sailor's Wedding
The Sailor's Wedding
Description: Thoughts of the Future (Thoughts of Liberia, Emancipation)
Thoughts of the Future (Thoughts of Liberia, Emancipation)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameWhite, Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 x 21 in.
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/59122/thoughts-of-the-future-thoughts-of-liberia-emancipation
Accession numberS-200
Thoughts of the Future (Thoughts of...
Thoughts of the Future (Thoughts of Liberia, Emancipation)
Description: A Plantation Burial
A Plantation Burial
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameAntrobus, John
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas
Dimensions134.6 × 207 cm
LocationHistoric New Orleans Collection, New Orleans
http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-lph:635
Accession number1960.46
A Plantation Burial
A Plantation Burial
Description: Negro Life at the South
Negro Life at the South
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameJohnson, Eastman
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on linen
Dimensions91.4 × 115 cm
LocationNew-York Historical Society; on permanent loan from New York Public Library
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/41060/negro-life-at-the-south
Accession numberS-225
Negro Life at the South
Negro Life at the South
Description: War News from Mexico
War News from Mexico
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nameWoodville, Richard Caton
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1848
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions27 x 25 in. (68.6 x 63.5 cm)
LocationCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
https://crystalbridges.emuseum.com/objects/116/war-news-from-mexico
Accession number2010.74
War News from Mexico
War News from Mexico
Description: After the Hurricane, Bahamas
After the Hurricane, Bahamas
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1899
Object typePainting
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately textured (twill texture on verso), ivory wove paper
Dimensions15 x 21 3/8 in. (38 x 54.3 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16776
Accession number1933.1235
After the Hurricane, Bahamas
After the Hurricane, Bahamas
Description: Slave Market
Slave Market
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1850–1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions29 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.
LocationCarnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/055792d2-d0de-46fb-b12f-7f0d91d5ae34
Accession number58.4
Slave Market
Slave Market
Description: The Country School
The Country School
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1871
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions21 1/4 x 38 1/4 in. (54 x 97.2 cm)
LocationSaint Louis Art Museum
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/36767/
Accession number123:1946
The Country School
The Country School
Description: One of a series of eight monumental embroideries: Liberty
One of a series of eight monumental embroideries: Liberty
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameRudder, Hélène de
Creator name (description)Signed
Creator nationality/cultureBelgian
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation date1897
Object typeTextile
MaterialsSilk on linen
Dimensions232 × 122 cm
LocationDépartement des Textiles, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2048001/Athena_Plus_ProvidedCHO_KIK_IRPA__Brussels__Belgium__AP_10328909.html
Accession numberTx. 3255
One of a series of eight monumental...
One of a series of eight monumental embroideries: Liberty
Description: A Fishergirl Baiting Lines
A Fishergirl Baiting Lines
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on cream wove paper
Dimensions12 1/2 x 19 in. (31.8 x 48.3 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/33932
Accession number1970.56.4
A Fishergirl Baiting Lines
A Fishergirl Baiting Lines
Description: The Mussel Gatherers
The Mussel Gatherers
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881–1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions14 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (37 x 54.9 cm)
LocationBaltimore Museum of Art
https://collection.artbma.org/objects/389/the-mussel-gatherers
Accession number1956.226
The Mussel Gatherers
The Mussel Gatherers
Description: Haymakers
Haymakers
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1867
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions13 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (33.3 x 46.4 cm)
LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
https://collection.terraamericanart.org/objects/125/haymakers
Accession number1989.9
Haymakers
Haymakers
Description: Hark! The Lark
Hark! The Lark
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1882
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions36 3/8 x 31 3/8 in. (92.4 x 79.9 cm)
LocationMilwaukee Art Museum
http://collection.mam.org/details.php?id=19577
Accession numberL99
Hark! The Lark
Hark! The Lark
Description: The Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1899
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. (71.4 x 124.8 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11122
Accession number06.1234
The Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream
Description: Shark Fishing
Shark Fishing
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions13 5/8 x 20 in. (34.6 x 50.8 cm)
LocationPrivate Collection
Shark Fishing
Shark Fishing
Description: Eel Spearing at Setauket
Eel Spearing at Setauket
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameMount, William Sidney
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1845
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions29 × 36 in.
LocationFenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York
https://collections.fenimoreart.org/objects/2011/eel-spearing-at-setauket
Accession numberN0395.1955
Eel Spearing at Setauket
Eel Spearing at Setauket

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