| Contributor |
Isaacs, W.H. publisher. |
| Title |
Life in Philadelphia. General order!!! Tention!! de whole city ob Philadelphia!! Philadelphia, Uly 14th 1825, 6 month and
little more beside [graphic].
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| Publisher |
London: Published by W.H. Isaacs, 68 St. James Bazaar |
| Publisher |
ENG. London. 1835 |
| Date |
[ca. 1835] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: etching, hand-colored; sheet 35 x 21 cm (13.5 x 8.25 in.) |
| Description |
Racist caricature about free African Americans' summer celebratory processions commemorating the anniversary of the abolition
of the slave trade by the United States, an act that took effect in 1808. Shows a Philadelphia street scene with an African
American peddler and an African American shoe shiner. In the left, the peddler, attired in a wide-brimmed hat, waist coat
with tails, and pantaloons carries a basket and exclaims, "Philadelphia Uly 14, 1825 & little arter." The shoe shiner, attired
in a waistcoat and pants, holds a rack of boots and responds "That is de day ob de grand Celebrahsun." The men stand in profile.
Also shows, in the background, two African American boys, attired in jackets and pants, facing the viewer, and one with his
hands playfully raised in the air. Also contains several lines of text in vernacular and dialect addressed to "Peter Mink,
de Chief Marshal ob de day, he Majesty de President” and “Per order Pompey Peterl, President and Snappo Gripes, Secretary"
printed below the image. Text explicates the appropriate attire and manners expected during the celebratory procession, including
"two sleebes to dare coat"; "trousaloon be all ob light complexion"; and "de Soulger dat know he duty always hold upun head
like Lamb Tail an look savage like Meat Ax." Also details the punishment for "neglec to discomply," including "whip to death";
"fine of 40 shillings"; and placement in "de House of Destruction for Ninety nine years." Figures are portrayed with oversized
and exaggerated features and their skin tone is depicted in black hand coloring.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from content and name of publisher. |
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Contains two bubbles of dialogue in the vernacular within image: “Philadelphia_ Uly 14 1825_ & little arter”/”That is de day
of de grand Celebrashun”
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Lib. Company. Annual report, 2003, p. 40-42. |
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See Reilly 1825-1 for variant published in Boston. |
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Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered
by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2022. |
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Access points revised 2022. |
| Subject |
United States. Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves (1807) |
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African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African Americans -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American boys -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American men -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African Americans -- Commemorations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Antislavery movements -- United States. |
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Conversation. |
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Peddlers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Salutations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States. |
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African American shoe shiners -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Caricatures -- 1830-1840. |
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Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1830-1840. |
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Anti-abolition prints. |
| Printer |
Isaacs, W.H. publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Life in Philadelphia (London Set) [P.2004.4] |
| Accession number |
P.2004.4 |
