A Nineteenth-Century Portrait
When Mister Robert Scarlett, master of Cambridge and Druckett plantations, stood for his portrait, the good man made a point of having his personal slave-boy, Oliver, beside him, waist high, holding his game bag, with which he’d ride to hunt wild hog and occasional runaways. At his other side his favorite dog. How well the […]
A Nineteenth-Century Portrait Read More »