 What's going on in this picture? After a hard day of work. What do you see that makes you see? You see both of the gentlemen sitting there who are sort of resting as well as this younger gentleman over here. The little girl looks like she's kind of tired too. Okay, so... There are boots hanging here, okay? Oh, he's got like work clothes on. Okay, so these look like his work clothes. How can you tell? There are holes in them. There are holes in them? He's smoking a pipe. And they have a gun on the resting on the knee if they'll hold their gentlemen. So maybe they were hungry. They may be calloused or in his hands, different colorations, so just, you know, outdoor work. Okay, so signs that they spend their time working outdoors, okay? So we've noticed this man is smoking a pipe, this man is holding a gun. So the pipe might add to the sense that they're relaxing after a hard day. And the gun might be an indication that they've been at hunting. I've liked them except a hunting dog, the yellow one doesn't. Ah! Then there's another little one over underneath the boys playing with the... This is one that's a little bit harder to see, especially if you're looking at this in reproduction. But there's a little tiny dog over here and then the two in the front. What makes this one look more like a hunting dog than the other two? Just a collaborator. Okay, so it's a breed we associate with hunting. The yellow one looks like a hunting dog. Okay. The title, which some of you might have noticed I'm not doing as much to cover it up this time, is called a dog swap. What does that tell us about the picture? So he's saying goodbye to his dog. Or he's thinking about whether to go through with the swap or not. Because he looks very pensive and the other guy looks like he's waiting for him to make up his mind. He certainly has his gun there to make sure that he's... You did something when you said waiting, you let forward a little bit. And I think that this man is leaning forward, which indicates maybe he's waiting for an answer. And as you said, this man is looking more pensive, more thoughtful. Maybe that's why the little girl is bad. Maybe that's going to be her pet they're giving away. Look at that little puppy he's giving away. I'm going to get the black dog away because you can see that he's kind of like comforting him. Like, don't worry, you'll be okay. I think the little boy is interesting because he's kind of like fading into the... Yeah, so... He's looking away. He's looking away. He's faded into the background a little bit. Why do you think the artist might have done that? What can you do? Oh, he's attached to the dog. So why is he facing the dog? Now, what else is the little boy doing? Focusing on the weird dog. Yes, he's playing with this one. Here's what he said. We gave him a new dog. So he's coping with it by turning away, playing with the little puppy. Why do you think the choice of dog is important to this family? It looks like they're going to feel... maybe if the other dog is like, she said a hurting dog, then I would be more important for them. For their livelihood, I guess. I'm still stretching out a fishing net. So they're using the land. They've got a fishing net. You can see fencing in the background. Right. Okay. I would assume that makes it a community kind of situation where people are dependent on each other. Perhaps they are dependent on each other under man brings meat and this family farms. So it's maybe it's a community. Sometimes share a property. Mm-hmm. What else can you tell about sort of their daily life, the condition of their home, their entryway? You can tell in terms of relationship. I mean, mom's in the doorway, kind of hovering in the back with what looks to be the older daughter. So the women are kind of back away from the decision making of this or in the home. So the swap, the decisions are being made by the men. The woman is a bit farther away. Yeah, because even the boy is outside. Someone mentioned sharecropping. This painting is from 1881. The artist is from Morenton, Virginia, so not too far away. So if this is painted after the Civil War, a little bit even after reconstruction, what do we know about the lives of these people? Very, very tough. Tough how? They're having to make their own way in a segregated society where nobody's looking out for you. Right. Sharecropping, very tough. Okay, so tough life. As you've noticed in the beginning, probably working outside, working the land, getting food however they can, whether it's growing things, fishing, hunting. So what are maybe some of the advantages? Your physical freedom. Your physical freedom. Autonomy. You have those ability to build relationships. We were talking about the community, because before you could be sold off and not have a family and not be a part of a family. And they're trading property that they have now, which before they would not have been able to. So they have properties. So the dogs maybe represent that. And someone mentioned family. I think that's very important that you have a family group together.