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Antique engraving with large green trees dripping with SPanish moss and small figures in white standing in the blue water and gathering moss and loading it onto wagons drawn by oxen.

1872 - The Moss-Gatherers - Antique Print

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Item number: SOU573

Genuine Antique Print

1872

Maker: Picturesque America

 

Antique print showing people gathering Spanish moss in the area of the Lower Mississippi River. Spanish moss, a plant native to the Southern United States, was a valuable commodity, used as packing material and as a replacement for horsehair in upholstery and mattress stuffing. Published in William Cullen Bryant's classic 1872 work, "Picturesque America." Very good antique condition with some toning of the paper, which is heaver at the outer edges. Recent hand-coloring. Image measures approximately 9.25" x 6.5", with caption. Page overall measures approx. 12.5". x 9.5".

Genuine Antique Print from 1872

Item Number: SOU573

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