Details
Creator McGreer, John, 1839-1908.
Contributor Eytinge, Solomon, 1833-1905, artist.
Printer Cartoon Printing Co., publisher.
Title No. 5 The duel [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 Fifth scene in 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 two African American men (i.e., the suitors of the twins), attired in suits, at the start of a duel in a pasture between two trees. The suitor with a squat figure is in the right and the tall suitor in the left. They point guns at each other and look aghast. An African American man (witness), attired in a ruffled suit and hat, stands behind the tree in the foreground and another, in shirtsleeves, kneels behind the tree in the background. “Dr. Black M.D.,” an older African American man, sits behind the standing observer with his medical bag, labeled “Dr. Black M.D.,” in one hand and a medicine bottle in the other. Figures representing the twins are visible in the distant left background near their log cabin.
Notes Title from item.
Publication information from copyright statement in other reproduced drawings in series: Copyrighted 1881 John McGreer, Chicago, Ill.
Name of publisher from other reproduced drawings in series: Cartoon Printing Co.
Name of artist stamped on verso: McGreer Chicago.
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 Americans -- Social life and customs.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American physicians -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dueling.
Etiquette.
Race relations.
Racism in popular culture.
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.2017.26.5]
Accession number P.2017.26.5