Illustration
An 1873 oil on canvas painting, The Cotton Market, New Orleans (aka The Cotton Office), by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The scene shows a busy office with 13 people, including buyers, brokers, and office layabouts, and, in the centre, a long central table layered with cotton. The artist was visiting family in New Orleans, and he thought this subject might sell well in England, perhaps to a wealthy mill owner. (Musée-des-Beaux-Arts, Pau, France)
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Original image by Musée-des-Beaux-Arts, Pau. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 27 March 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Pau, M. (2022, March 27). The Cotton Market, New Orleans by Degas. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15553/the-cotton-market-new-orleans-by-degas/
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Pau, Musée-des-Beaux-Arts,. "The Cotton Market, New Orleans by Degas." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 27, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15553/the-cotton-market-new-orleans-by-degas/.
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Pau, Musée-des-Beaux-Arts,. "The Cotton Market, New Orleans by Degas." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 27 Mar 2022. Web. 21 Feb 2025.
