Butcher Gallery

Market Day, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

Market Day, c1780-1825. It is interesting to note Rowlandson's love of drawing animals, especially horses and dogs. They give life and naturalness to his market and tavern scenes and are just as remarkable as his characters, not only for fidelity in construction, but for the great skill shown in representing them in repose or often in complex movement'. From "The Watercolour Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson from the Albert H. Wiggin Collection in the Boston Public Library" with commentary by Arthur W. Heintzelman. [Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc. New York, 1947]

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Market Scene, 1880-1888. Creator: Frank A. Nowell

A reddish brown stereograph photograph of a butcher shop scene. In the image, two African-American men stand in front of a display of meat that appears to be staged in a photography studio. The man on the left is wearing khakis, a coat, and a hat with an up-turned rear brim. He is holding a wicker basket to the man in front of him. The man standing in the center of the image is dressed in white pants, a long-sleeved white shirt covered, white apron and a white hat. He is reaching out for the basket with one hand. In the background is a shelf with three rafters that feature two sets of ribs, an upended chicken, a flank, a leg, a hen, and a trussed package. At the far right of the photograph stand two butcher's blocks. Printed in black text on the card on the left side is "F. A. NOWELL, / No. 263 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S.C." Printed in black text on the right side of the card is "Charleston & Vicinity." Listed on the back of the card are "Catalogue of Views of Charleston and Vicinity, " with titles listed from #1-70. "No. 25. Market Scene" is underlined lightly in graphite

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In Cronjes Laager after Surrender, 1900

In Cronje's Laager after Surrender, 1900. Scene from the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) fought in what is now South Africa, between Great Britain and the independent Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (known as as the Transvaal by the British). The Boer general Piet Cronje (1835-1911) surrendered to Lord Roberts, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa, on 27 February 1900 after the Battle of Paardeberg. From Coloured Lantern Slides. Junior Lecturers Series. The Boer War of 1900: Chapter IV -- Cronje and Bloemfontein. [W. Butcher and Sons, London, 1900]

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