Details
Title The whitewasher [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1851
Date [1851]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; overall 14 x 11 cm. (5.5 x 4.5 in)
Description Illustration shows a familiar Philadelphia character: a black, female whitewasher. The woman is dressed in work-clothes and coarse shoes; her sleeves are rolled-up and the illustrator emphasizes her muscular forearms. According to the accompanying text, the bucket on the floor contains a mixture of lime and water, with a little salt and indigo to make it clear. In the course of her work, the whitewasher dips long-handled brushes (like those seen here) into the mixture and rubs it onto the walls for cleaning.
Is part of City characters Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton; New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851.
Notes Illustration in City characters, or, familiar scenes in town (Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton; New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851), p. 12.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
Subject Cleaning.
African American women -- Employment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Engravings -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1851 Cit 68429.D p 12
Accession number 68429.D