Details
Creator Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, etcher.
Contributor Hart, Sarah, publisher.
Title Life in Philadelphia. "Good evening Miss..." [graphic] / Monsr. [Clay], fec.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by S. Hart, 65 So. 3d St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1830
Date [1830]
Physical Description 1 print: hand-colored etching; 20 x 19 cm (7.75 x 7.25 in.)
Description Sexist caricature satirizing middle-class mores and depicting a white man dandy sexually harassing a well-to-do white woman as she traverses a Philadelphia street. The man stands next to her, in the right, and the woman has an aghast expression. She has a bouffant hairstyle adorned with yellow flowers and ribbons. She wears a long pink cape with a blue hood over her hourglass shape and large hair. The dandy is dressed in a corset, a black top hat, blue coat with tails, pink vest, gloves, and large pink bow tie. He holds a walking stick toward the ground in his right hand. A white handkerchief hangs out of his right coat pocket. Cityscape and two men pedestrians are seen on the street in the background.
Notes Title from item.
Date from item.
Inscribed: Plate 8.
The symbol of a key is used in place of the name Clay.
Contains five lines of dialogue above the image: “Good evening Miss, shall I have the pleasure of walking with you?” _ Me sir!! for whom do you take me, sir? __”Come, come that’s a good one!__ for whom do I take you? Why for myself to be sure!”__
Sarah Hart was a Jewish Philadelphia stationer who with her son, Abraham Hart, a future eminent Philadelphia publisher, assumed publication of the "Life in Philadelphia" series in 1829. She, alone, reprinted the entire series of 14 prints in 1830.
Reaccessioned as P.9701.2.
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Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Relations between the sexes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sexism.
Sexual harassment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Walking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Caricatures -- 1820-1830.
Etchings -- 1820-1830.
Printer Hart, Sarah, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Life in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Set) [P.9701.2]
Accession number P.9701.2