The Power of Music, by William Sidney Mount
The Power of Music, by William Sidney Mount, 1847. From outside a Long Island barn, an African American laborer listens to a fiddle tune enjoyed by white men. The two races occupy different spaces--one inside, one outside, separated by a barn door, symbolizing the divisions in antebellum America
Picture No
13125302
Media ID
45374821
Size
3000px x 2414px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
