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Going to market--a scene near Savannah, Georgia / E.A. Abbey. – Vintage Wall Art

Going to market--a scene near Savannah, Georgia / E.A. Abbey., published 1875. — antique engraving
Going to market--a scene near Savannah, Georgia / E.A. Abbey., published 1875.. Antique engraving from the Savannah collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Going to market--a scene near Savannah, Georgia / E.A. Abbey., an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Edwin Austin Abbey drew this scene of workers and carriers near Savannah, Georgia, for the May 29, 1875, issue of *Harper's Weekly*, where it appeared on page 436. The subject headings place the work among African American laborers in the city's commerce, a theme that recurs in the magazine's Southern coverage in the years after Reconstruction. Abbey was a young illustrator at the time and later became known for large paintings made in England. The engraving offers a record of how labor and trade looked in Savannah in the mid-1870s.

Created / publishedpublished 1875.
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880.
NotesIllus. in: Harper's weekly, 1875 May 29, p. 436.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Employment--Georgia--Savannah--1870-1880. African Americans--Commerce--Georgia--Savannah--1870-1880. Lifting & carrying--Georgia--Savannah--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,302 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179021

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