Plantation portrait
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Description
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.).
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New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Digital Library of Georgia
