Wood Engraving, "Rice Culture on the Ogeechee, near Savannah, Georgia," 1867
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Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Enslaved people built the infrastructure that rice required before the Civil War. This colorized illustration featured rice cultivation after Emancipation, with individuals at work in all stages of rice cultivation in an area of intensive rice cultivation, on the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia.
Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Enslaved people built the infrastructure that rice required before the Civil War. This colorized illustration featured rice cultivation after Emancipation, with individuals at work in all stages of rice cultivation in an area of intensive rice cultivation, on the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Date Made
05 January 1867
Subject Date
1867
Creators
Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891
Creator Notes
Sketched by A. R. Waud. Published in the January 5, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2014.55.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Wood engraving (Process)
Hand coloring
Matting (Supporting)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 15.25 in
Width: 10.5 in
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