Miss Fillis and child, and Bill, Sold at publick Sale

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Metadata
Content type
Content type
Image
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Encyclopedia Virginia
Title
Title
Title
Miss Fillis and child, and Bill, Sold at publick Sale
Resource Type
Resource Type
Image
Description
Description
An enslaved man, woman, and child are sold at public auction in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, in this watercolor drawing from Lewis Millers Sketchbook of Landscapes in the State of Virginia. Written on the side of the auctioneers box are the prices fetched for the slaves: $800 for the man Bill, and $600 for the woman Fillis and her child.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
evr4112
Persons
Persons
Lewis Miller: Creator (cre)
Genre
Genre
Prints/Drawings
Watercolor and ink on paper
Subject
Subject
Virginia slavery
Virginia landscape
Lewis Miller
watercolor
drawing
sketchbook
diary
journal
slave trade
slavery
Tennessee
slave traders
Origin Information
Origin Information
Publisher
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Note
Note
Note Type
date/sequential designation
Note
Mid-nineteenth century
Note Type
creation/production credits
Note
the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
URL
URL
http://www.cwf.org/
Restriction on Access
Restriction on Access
Restricted
Language
English
Name
Miss Fillis and child, and Bill, Sold at publick Sale
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image/tiff
Width
3600px
Height
2633px
Media Use
Original File
Media of
23984

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