Riding to the slave market on the Washington Road, Damaris Vaun talked with a pleasant and uniterrupted flow of words like the sound of the horse's hoofs in the dust.

© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum…
© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN.
Riding to the slave market on the Washington Road, Damaris Vaun talked with a pleasant and uniterrupted flow of words like the sound of the horse's hoofs in the dust.
© SEPS: Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Riding to the slave market on the Washington Road, Damaris Vaun talked with a pleasant and uniterrupted flow of words like the sound of the horse's hoofs in the dust.

Date1927
Artist (American illustrator, 1871–1953)
Illustration Citation"Natchez," by Joseph Hergesheimer, in The Saturday Evening Post, May 21, 1927
MediumGraphite and ink on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 11 × 16 3/16 in. (27.9 × 41.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frederic R. Gruger, Jr., 1982
Object number1982-71
On View
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextGruger was one of the most prolific and expert artists in black and white media, which he mastered early in his career as a newspaper illustrator. This story centers on the riverboat gambling in Natchez, Mississippi, which attracted professional con men such as the suave rider in the foreground.
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