Titled "Uncle Ned and I". Important strong image depicting an African-American farm worker holding a young caucasian child in her arms. Signed T.W. Wood and dated 1882 lower left. Image size approx. 11" x 14-1/2". Wood was noted for his sympathetic images of African-Americans. He earned the Water Color Society of New York's prize with his painting "Uncle Ned and I". The subject here appears in much the same garb and stance as Wood's Caucasian farm worker subjects. The sentimental dignity afforded to both man and child here reflects the Victorians' obsession with the virtue of childhood. Rather than presenting an African-American man as a comical or political symbol, Wood portrays him here as a man, in much the same position and light as a Caucasian man of similar age and occupation. Incredible Piece of Work!! Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc. New York. Exhibited:San Marino Faces and Figures in American Drawings, January - April 1989 P. 96 no. 43. A painted version of this subject was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1882, no 54