Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bermuda Vignette: Workers Conversing in a Field
Object Number:
1897.8n
Date:
c. 1845
Medium:
Brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/16 x 6 7/16 in. ( 10.6 x 16.4 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
Inscribed: on reverse: "Bermuda Niggers"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower border in brown ink: "I say Joe -- jist run to Mr Tucker's, and get de hoe. / (Reclining figure) Oh can't -- aint got time.!"; verso inscribed at right vertically in brown ink "Bermuda Niggers"
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
