James Hopkinson's Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina

1862

Henry P. Moore

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Henry P. Moore

Artist, American, 1835 - 1911

The image shows several individuals around a wooden cart pulled by a donkey. A man sits at the front of the cart holding the reins, another man sits inside the cart, and a woman stands holding a shovel, leaning against the cart's wheel. Beside the donkey, a woman holds a young child. In the background, three people stand near a white wooden building in a rural setting with sandy ground, large trees, and hanging mosses.

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Article:  Rare Early Photographs of African American Life

A large collection of personal photographs offers a glimpse of Black entrepreneurship and self-expression in the 19th and 20th centuries.


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Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper right in graphite: 23.5.ARL / AF026A


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