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Negroes Loading Cotton Bales at Charleston
Wash Drawing
1886 (made)
1886 (made)
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Wash drawing depicting cotton workers loading bales onto a cart whilst another worker looks on.
Object details
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| Title | Negroes Loading Cotton Bales at Charleston (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wash and zinc white drawing |
| Brief description | Randolph Caldecott. 'Negroes Loading Cotton Bales at Charleston', inscribed 'Last drawing ever made by Randolph Caldecott'. USA, 1886. |
| Physical description | Wash drawing depicting cotton workers loading bales onto a cart whilst another worker looks on. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss J. M. Brind |
| Object history | NB: The term "negro" was used historically to describe people of black African heritage but, since the 1960s, has fallen from usage and, increasingly, is considered offensive. The term is repeated here in its original historical context. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.898-1951 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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