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Killing Hogs
1857
pen, ink, and wash on paper
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In the winter and spring of 1856/1857, Strother traveled in the southern states to prepare a series of articles and illustrations published as "A Winter in the South," in Harper's Monthly, between September 1857 and December 1858.
This drawing may illustrate an incident he observed while visiting a mansion in east Tennessee.
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Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1994-1995 | Private Lives: Nineteenth Century American Genre Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Measurements
H: 6 7/8 x W: 9 13/16 in. (17.4 x 25 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1971