| Title |
A joyous Christmas and a happy New Year [graphic] : Geo. Remsen Jr. & Co., Stationers & engravers, 815 Arch St. Phila. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified] |
| Date |
[1879] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 7 cm (4.25 x 2.75 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card promoting engraver and stationer Geo. Remsen Jr. & Co. and depicting racist caricatures of a Chinese woman and
two Chinese men. In the right, a Chinese woman, wearing her hair up with decorative pins and a flower and attired in a blue,
off-the-shoulder dress, sits in a red chair and holds a bouquet of pink flowers. In the center, the Chinese man, wearing a
beard and a queue hairstyle and attired in a purple tunic and green pants, stands with his arms folded. In the left, the Chinese
man, wearing a goatee and queue hairstyle and attired in a red tunic, pink-and-white striped pants, and black cloth slip-on
shoes, stands in front of the woman with his hands out. Also in the scene are a small dog and a red dragon.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from calendar printed on verso. |
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Text printed on verso: "Geo. Remsen Jr. & Co., Stationers & engravers, 815 Arch St., Philadelphia" with a monthly calendar
for 1880.
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RVCDC. |
| Subject |
Geo. Remsen Jr. & Co. |
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Chinese. |
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Chinese -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Chinoiserie (Art) |
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Dogs. |
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Dragons. |
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Engravers. |
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Ethnic stereotypes. |
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Men -- Chinese. |
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Women -- Chinese. |
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Queue (Hairstyle) |
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AAPI. |
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Women. |
| Genre |
Anti-Chinese works. |
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Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Racist works. |
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Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Berman Trade Card Collection - Geo. Remsen Jr. & Co. [P.2015.56.299] |
| Accession number |
P.2015.56.299 |
