[Man carrying a boat on his head] [art original].

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Title: [Man carrying a boat on his head] [art original].
Published / Created: [1805?]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: A man dressed only in tattered shorts with a sack tied around his waist carries a long canoe balanced on his head and a secondary supporting pole
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Possibly one of a series of small drawings of Black Bermudans.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: From Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 13.5 x 9.8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Watercolors British 19th century
Material: watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Bermuda Islands
Bermuda Islands.
Subject (Topic): Black people
Porters
Lifting & carrying
Canoes
Subjects: Black people > Bermuda Islands > Pictorial works
Porters > Bermuda Islands
Lifting & carrying
Canoes
British > 19th century

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Citation: Man Carrying a Boat on His Head. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.