| Title |
Sharpless & Sons, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified] |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 8 cm (4.25 x 2.75 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card promoting dry goods merchant Sharpless & Sons and depicting a Chinese boy sitting on an oversized fan. Shows the
boy, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a blue robe with red trim and a green sash around the waist, green stockings,
and slip-on shoes, sitting with his back to the viewer on a large fan. The gold hand fan is decorated with a bird and flowers.
Chinese characters are written in the left. Sharpless & Sons were importers, jobbers, and retailers of dry goods that operated
from 801, 803, 805, & 807 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from content. |
|
Purchased 2015. |
|
RVCDC |
| Subject |
Sharpless & Sons. |
|
Chinese -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Chinese characters. |
|
Chinoiserie (Art) |
|
Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Ethnic stereotypes. |
|
Fans. |
|
Fans (Accessories) |
|
Men -- Chinese. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Queue (Hairstyle) |
|
AAPI. |
| Genre |
Anti-Chinese works. |
|
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Racist caricatures. |
|
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Berman Trade Card Collection - Sharpless [P.2015.56.774] |
| Accession number |
P.2015.56.774 |
