BERPAKAIN VON WEINTRAUBEN NAHE MARLBORO AM HUDSON, NEW-YORK.
Entry/Object ID
L.2012.89
Description
This illustration from the German language edition of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly shows the packing process for the grapes harvested in Marlboro. (Other images in this exhibition show the harvest and the crates amassed at the Marlboro Landing for shipping). Trimming and packing took a significant amount of care, shown here by the women wielding shears and brushes and by the man kneeling to arrange boxes in crates to prevent the fruit from being crushed. These larger crates were then transported by wagon to the landing, where they would be loaded into steamships bound for New York City and beyond. According to W. W. Clayton's 1887 History of Steuben County, the extensive shipping of grapes from New York necessitated another business in the state, the manufacture of grape boxes, both for the local market and for export to Pennsylvania, North Carolina and California, among other states.
Colored engraving of men and women sorting, cleaning, and packing grapes: outdoor setting with fields in background; women stand at high table piled with grapes; two women cut grape clusters with scissors; third woman whisks dirt off grape cluster; two men at right bring boxes filled with grapes; man at left foreground packs boxes in wood crate; at bottom center, printed: "Berpacken von Weintrauben nahe Marlboro am Hudson, New-York. (E. 294.)".
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Unknown
Attribution
Artist
Date made
1879
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
7-15/16 in
Width
10-15/16 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 10 15/16 in. (20.2 x 27.8 cm)
Material
Paper, ink, Watercolor
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Paper is yellowed; part of journal page with uneven cut along top edge; loss at top left corner; crease/fold along right edge; brown stain at bottom left; abrasion (tape removal?) at top right corner; white accretion at bottom right corner; tear at bottom left edge.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
William Diebold
Notes
Former owner
Related Entries
Notes
L.2012.263 - Engraving - Similar item
General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial Remarks
Note
This object was accessioned in 2012, but it was acquired earlier [Jessa J. Krick, 4/12/2012].
Note Type
General Note
Note
This is the German version of "THE VINYARD AND THE WINE-PRESS.--TRIMMING AND PACKING GRAPES FOR MARKET, NEAR MARLBORO'-ON-THE-HUDSON.-- SEE PAGE 567." [Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, November 1884]
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B4