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The Civil War: Unfolding Dialogues

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Artist(s): William Aiken Walker (Charleston, SC, Mar 29, 1838 - Jan 3, 1921, Charleston, SC)
Title: Picking Cotton
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 7 1/8 in. x 14 1/8 in. (18.1 cm x 35.88 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, Museum purchase, 1954.13
Location: On view in Gallery 202

This object is a member of the following groups (click any group name to view all objects in that group):

Periods and Styles: MLC Portfolio: Civil War
Exhibitions: Regarding America: 19th Century Art from the Permanent Collection

Exhibition History

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Artists in the 19th Century, Essex Institute, 10/27/1956 - 11/26/1956
Inside and Out: Scenes of American Life from the Addison Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/26/2000 - 12/31/2000
Loan to Head of School's Office, Phillips Academy, Phillips Academy, 3/12/2008 - 3/12/2011
The Civil War: Unfolding Dialogues, Addison Gallery of American Art, 10/15/2011 - 4/15/2012
Regarding America: 19th Century Art from the Permanent Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/23/2022 - 7/31/2022

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