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The image shows a rural scene with individuals gathered near simple buildings with thatched roofs. A group of people, both adults and children, are around an ox-drawn cart. The horizon is low in the picture, intersected by a row of buildings. In the background, leafless trees stretch toward the sky. The color palette is primarily sepia-toned.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
"Old South Carolina Plantation"
George N. Barnard
- Date
- c. 1869
- Medium
- stereoscopic albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- image (each): 8 × 7.7 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.) sheet: 8 × 15.5 cm (3 1/8 × 6 1/8 in.) mount: 8.7 × 17.7 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2023.39.197
- Credit line
- Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- House
- Family
- African American
- South Carolina
- Stereograph
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Inscription
along left edge of mount printed in black ink: G. N. BARNARD, / No. 263 King Street, Charleston, S. C.; along right edge: SOUTH CAROLINA VIEWS.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 06.4.RLH / AF239; center printed in black ink on applied paper: No. 75. / [illegible] Quarters on an Old South Carolina Plantation.
NGA object ID 227217. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.