Creator |
Summers, William, artist. |
Contributor |
Hunt, Charles, engraver. |
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Isaacs, Harrison, publisher. |
Title |
Life in Philadelphia. "What de debil you hurrah for General Jackson for?" [graphic] / Chas. Hunt, Sc. |
Publisher |
London: Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St., Soho Sqre |
Publisher |
ENG. London. 1831 |
Date |
[ca. 1831] |
Physical Description |
1 print: aquatint; 38 x 28 cm (15 x 11 in.) |
Description |
Racist caricature of an African American "’ministration man" (supporter of incumbent John Quincy Adams) aggressively chastising
an African American boy for his cheers of support for the new President, Andrew Jackson. Depicts, in the left, a man attired
in a waistcoat, vest, cravat, pants, and slip on shoes holding a switch in his right hand and angrily grabbing the boy who
has a frightened look on his face and is barefoot. The boy is dressed in patched pants, a jacket with an elbow patch, a vest
and a hat made from the pro-Jackson paper "The Mercury." A sword lays beside the boy and a copy of the anti-Jackson paper
"Democratic Press" lays in front of the man. In the background, cityscape is visible and a large crowd is seen celebrating
Jackson’s election around a flag pole. The figures are portrayed with oversized and exaggerated features.
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Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from content and name of publisher. |
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After the work of Edward W. Clay. |
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Attributed to William Summers. |
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Contains seven lines of dialogue in the vernacular below the image: Hurrah! Hurrah for General Jackson!! What de debil you
hurrah for General Jackson for ? _ You black nigger!_ I’ll larn you better_I’m a ministration man!!”
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Nancy Reynolds Davison's E.W. Clay: American Political Caricaturist of the Jacksonian Era (PhD. diss., The University of Michigan,
1980), p. 97. (LCP Print Room Uz A423.O).
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Charles Hunt was a respected 19th-century London engraver who was most known for his aquatints of sporting subjects. |
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Acquired in 1968. |
Subject |
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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Conversation. |
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Middle-class -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1828. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
Geographic subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1825-1829. |
Genre |
Caricatures -- 1830-1840. |
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Aquatints -- 1830-1840. |
Printer |
Isaacs, Harrison, publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Life in Philadelphia (London Set) [7659.F] |
Accession number |
7659.F |