| Maker(s): | Smillie, James David
| | Culture: | American (1807-1885)
| | Title: | From My Study Door, Montrose (My Colored Neighbor's Henyard)
| | Date Made: | 1883 September
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | etching printed in black on medium weight, smooth, cream colored paper
| | Measurements: | sheet: 16 1/2 in x 23 3/4 in; 41.9 cm x 60.3 cm; Image: 8 5/8 in x 14 1/2 in; 21.9 cm x 36.8 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signature and date in plate at lower left: Smillie / Sep. '83 OP 30., title in plate at lower right: my colored neighbor's hen yart / Etched from nature / Montrose, Penna., initials in pencil at lower left: J.D.S. imp., signature in pencil at lower right: James D. Smillie
| | Accession Number: | SC 2014.32.355
| | Credit Line: | The Gladys Engel and Kurt Lang Collection
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Backyard, with large picket fence and chicken coop. At left, an elderly black man and a young boy feed chickens. Animals, farming, farm, agriculture, pen, coop, black, african american, grandfather, grandson, child, father.
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