- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Plantation Portrait
- Creator:
- Walker, William Aiken, 1839-1921
- Date of Original:
- 1885
- Subject:
- Rivers--Georgia
Rivers in art
Plantations--Georgia
Men--Georgia
African American men--Georgia
Horses--Georgia
Horses in art
Dwellings--Georgia
Dwellings in art
Trees--Georgia
Trees in art
Views
Views in art
Painting--Georgia
Carriages and carts--Georgia
River boats--Georgia
Boats and boating in art
Wooden fences--Georgia
Fences--Georgia
Fences in art
Agriculture--Georgia
Boats and boating--Georgia
Women--Georgia
Women in art
African American women--Georgia
African Americans in art
Children--Georgia
African American children--Georgia
Children in art
Plantations in art
Art, American - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- paintings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Plantation Portrait (1885) was painted by William Aiken Walker, a well-known itinerant painter best known for his depictions of everyday life in the South. Oil on canvas (14" x 24").
Image of the painting Plantation Portrait (1885) by William Aiken Walker, a well-known itinerant painter best known for his depictions of everyday life in the South. The work depicts several African Americans sitting in and standing near an horse-drawn wagon. Two riverboats float on a river in the distance. A wooden fence lines a field that lies between the people and the river. A house stands on the riverbank. Oil on canvas (14 X 24 in.). - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/paintings-of-the-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries-overview/m-10445/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/paintings-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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