1 10 1 https://openvalley.org/files/original/67a873a72eed00a1e2ad03ef497a107f.jpg 9d8884e8945adb0bf9eb49c5c41563ec Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Lithograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 23 x 17 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Life of George Washington--The Farmer Description An account of the resource Washington is depicted as a beneficent gentleman farmer of his Mt. Vernon estate in Virginia, surrounded by a well-ordered operation, its overseer, happy workers, and two children playing in the foreground. The image is part of a five-part series illustrating George Washington in idealized portraits: as farmer; as a statesman at the Constitutional Convention; at his marriage; as a Captain in the French and Indian War; and on his deathbed.<br /><br />They were created during the volatile antebellum period and deployed mythical images on behalf of slavery. That Washington's workers are slaves--and the overseer and children white--shows how fraught the issue of farm labor was at a national scale. In New York, farmers rejected slavery but still needed hired labor when the scale of agriculture increased. <br /><br />Note: the original border of this lithograph has been cropped Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stearns, Junius Brutus (painting) Regnier, Claude (lithograph) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1853? Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/96521631 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 535 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Farm farmers George Washington Mt. Vernon Slavery