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A Southern Cornfield, Nashville, Tennessee
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File Name
shades_twg_0001.jpg
Creator
Wood
,
Thomas
Waterman
(1823-1903)
Title
A
Southern
Cornfield
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
Date
1861
Genre
Paintings
Material/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28
x
40
inches
Description
This
painting
depicts
eight
African
Americans
of
varying
ages
working
in a
field
of
corn
,
probably
under
a
hot
June
sun
. The
moment
shown
appears
to be a
break
for
water
.
Historical note
Thomas
Waterman
Wood
, a
native
of
Vermont
,
trained
as an
artist
in
Boston
and
New
York
and
traveled
in
Europe
before
settling
in
Nashville
in
1859
. He was
drawn
to the
cosmopolitan
southern
city
by the
promise
of
portrait
commissions
, but he
undertook
this
genre
painting
, for
which
he
hired
models
, on his
own
. He
left
Nashville
in
1862
for
Louisville
,
Kentucky
. What he had
seen
of
African
American
life
must
have
fascinated
him, for he
soon
undertook
a
series
of
paintings
that
chronicled
the
transition
from
slavery
to
citizenship
.
Subject
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--African
Americans
.
Theme
Walking a Fine Line
Story
Thomas Waterman Wood
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Nashville
Time period
1860-1869
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on this
website
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for
individual
,
educational
use
only
. For
research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
,
contact
the
Wood
Art
Gallery
.
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Contributing Institution
Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,51
Archival file
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