Chestnutting

Chestnutting
Title
Chestnutting
Rights
Public Domain
Metropolitan Museum of Art webpage on this illustration
Type
Illustration
Creator
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
VIAF link
Date
1870
Description
Young children shaking an American Chestnut tree to obtain the nuts
Language
English
Subject
The practice of Chestnutting among rural New Englanders is illustrated here.
This article provides good background
Dartmouth Hood Museum article on Chestnutting
Temporal Coverage
1870
Related resource
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Item sets
Burleigh Resources ALL
Site pages
Agency and Activity in the 1830s
Media
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