Sujet

What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, 1881. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

This is a small hardcopy book with a red cloth cover. On the front in gilt letters are the words [What / Mrs. Fisher / Knows / About / Old Southern Cooking]. The words "What" and "Know" are surrounded by a rectangular gilt outline. Set at an angle across this rectangle is a second gilt rectangle enclosing the words "Mrs. Fisher." There are abstract floral, wheel, and spindle shaped designs in gilt at both ends of the two rectangles. The cover is textured with small bumps. There are numerous stains scattered across the cover. On the title page is an archival repair to the bottom of the title-page, with a few words provided in facsimile. On the first blank page is a handwritten inscription.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_335

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

210,8Mo (10,6Mo) / 62,2cm x 84,9cm / 7351 x 10022 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black job arts country book cooking cookery occupation museum Southern color location century profession literature recipe recipes printer African American African-American afro-american slavery slave United States of America Colour 19th century Former American South recipe book nineteenth century heritage American America USA object united states Unknown Fisher cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art enslaved person National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art cookbooks Womens' Cooperative Printing Office Abby Fisher Abby