+ o - ^
previous next

View this item elsewhere:

Title
A water-melon feast
Names
Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

African-American Life -- 1870s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1875
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-L-187
Topics
African Americans -- 1870-1879
African Americans -- Children -- Southern States -- 1870-1879
Boys -- Southern States -- 1870-1879
Eating & drinking -- Southern States -- 1870-1879
Watermelons -- Southern States -- 1870-1879
Genres
Prints
Notes
Source note: The great South : a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas etc. (Hartford, Connecticut : American Publishing Co., 1875) King, Edward (1848-1896), Author. Champney, James Wells (1843-1903), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Red ink spots on border.
Extent: 1 print : b ; 13 x 12 cm. (5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17164846
Barcode: 33333159333018
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 23538560-c52f-012f-8f12-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1833: Creator Born
  • 1875: Issued
  • 1912: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "A water-melon feast" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1875. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3ff4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "A water-melon feast" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3ff4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1875). A water-melon feast Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3ff4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-3ff4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) A water-melon feast, (1875) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=December 7, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

A water-melon feast