[Six portraits including a woman carrying a basket on her head, a man riding a donkey, a tall African-American man, a milk wagon, an African-American woman wearing a headwrap, and the Algerian Coffee House]

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Title: [Six portraits including a woman carrying a basket on her head, a man riding a donkey, a tall African-American man, a milk wagon, an African-American woman wearing a headwrap, and the Algerian Coffee House]
Date: [18]72 February 3
Creator: Silver, James.
Notes: "Negress going to market"; "A Gentleman + Jackass"; "(Slim Jim) Negro in Levee"; "A Milk Wagon"; "Negress"; "Algerian Coffee 'House'".; J[ames] Silver ALS to Father, Mother, and Sister, February 3, [18]72. s.l., page 30. From a collection of 12 letters, each several pages long, that Silver composed during his 1872 visit to New Orleans, Louisiana. He recounted his journey from New York to Louisiana, as well as his time spent in and around New Orleans. Silver included 39 ink sketches of people and scenery throughout his letters.
Names and Subjects: African American girls.; African American men.; African American women--History--19th century.; African American women--History--Pictorial works.; African American women--History--Portraits.; African American women in art.; African American women--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.; Baskets--1870-1880.; Coffee-houses.; Donkeys--1870-1880.; Hats--1870-1880.; Headgear--History--Pictorial works.; Horses--1870-1880.; Men--1870-1880.; Milk--1870-1880.; Milk trade.; Pedestrians--1870-1880.; Pen drawing.; Profile portraits, American.; Sketches--1870-1880.; Travel with donkeys.; Wagons--United States--History--19th century.; Women.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letters (correspondence); Line drawings (drawings); Pen and ink drawings.
Collection Title: James Silver papers
Collection Creator: Silver Family.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 4654
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-04-10 13:57:24

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