Painted scene of numerous figures around a water-filled pit. Triangular wooden frame structure appears in center, to which buckets are attached on a pulley system. Artist and his family are represented center; other figures work in water, around waterwheel. Tents are seen in background.
circa 1807
Oil on canvas
49 x 61.5 inches (69 x 56.6 inches)
BCLM-MA.5911
2237
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Gift of Bertha White in Memory of her husband, Harry White
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