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[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr.] / William S. Mount 1836.

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Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece of straw, various hay harvesting tools (scythe, rake, pitchfork) are present; split-rail fence and haystack are visible in the background.

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01/01/1843
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Jones, Alfred, 1819-1900, engraver
Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868, artist
Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States, funder
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Library of Congress
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