Details
Creator McGreer, John, 1839-1908.
Contributor Eytinge, Solomon, 1833-1905, artist.
Printer Cartoon Printing Co., publisher.
Title No. 2 The introduction [graphic] / McGreer.
Publisher Chicago, Ill.: [Cartoon Printing Co.], [1881]
Publisher ILL. Chicago. 1881
Physical Description 1 photograph on card mount: albumen ; mount 11 x 17 cm (4.5 x 6.5 in.)
Description Second scene based on a racist series of African American caricatures originally created for Harper's Weekly in 1878 by Sol Eytinge that satirized the courtship and marriage of and the start of families by "The Twins." The African American figures are depicted with exaggerated features and mannerisms. Scene shows the “twins,” side-by-side, curtseying to their two male suitors (one tall and one squat) who stand across the parlor. The tall one bows with his hat in hand. The suitors’ mother, portrayed with a face with many wrinkles and attired in a polka dot dress, stands between the pairs. The room is adorned with a table that holds a vase of flowers, an album, and a glass. Framed pictures, including a portrait, as well as a cuckoo clock adorn the walls near a window with a partially rolled-up window shade. The twins are attired in polka dot dresses and the men in suits.
Notes Title from item.
Inscribed on original drawing: Remodeled from sketch in Harpers Weekly.
Date from copyright statement in other photographs in series: Copyrighted 1881 John McGreer, Chicago, Ill.
Name of artist stamped on verso: McGreer Chicago.
Name of publisher from other photographs in series.
Purchased with the Davida T. Deutsch African American History Fund.
Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2017, p. 52.
RVCDC
Desciption revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject African Americans -- Clothing & dress.
African American men -- Clothing & dress.
African American women -- Clothing & dress.
African Americans -- Social life and customs.
African American couples -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American mothers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Curtseying.
Courtship.
Etiquette.
Older people.
Parlors.
Race relations.
Racism in popular culture.
Twins.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1880-1890.
Genre photographs -- 1880-1890.
Reproductions -- 1880-1890.
Satires (Visual works) -- 1880-1890.
Associated name Printer Cartoon Printing Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - 5 x 7 - Unid. - Events [P.2017.26.2]
Accession number P.2017.26.2