The Checkoo or Oil Mill by John Gantz (1828)

Watercolor of a wooden oil mill with a man pressing a lever, bullocks turning the mill, and palm trees in the distance.

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A watercolor depicts a wooden oil mill, where a man presses down on a long lever while another man sits on a platform guiding a pair of bullocks that turn the mechanism. Palm trees, a thatched hut and a flat open landscape with a pale sky form the background.

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1828

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Public domain

Open album page with printed text on the left and a hand-colored plate of a man and oxen at an oil mill under palm trees.

The Checkoo or oil mill description

Hand-coloured plate of a wooden oil mill with a man at a mortar, oxen pulling a beam, and palm trees behind.

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