[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr.] / William S. Mount 1836.

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece of straw, various hay harvesting tools are present; a split-rail fence and haystack are visible in the background.

Title from "published" print.

Signed on plate on lower left: Wm. S. Mount 1836.

Sheet measures: 595 x 651 mm

Library copy has an inscription in pencil at center, below plate mark: The last unfinished proof. John P. Ridner.

The Library has eleven prints; this print represents one in a series of nine trial proofs and two "published" prints.

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