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Contributor Imbert, Anthony, 1794 or 5-1834
Imbert, Anthony, 1794 or 5-1834, publisher.
Title Life in Philadelphia. "What de debil you hurrah for General Jackson for?" [graphic].
Publisher [New York]: [publisher not identified]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1830
Date [ca. 1830]
Physical Description 1 print: hand-colored lithograph; sheet 20 x 19 cm (7.75 x 7.25 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 blue waistcoat, white vest, red cravat, tan pants, and black 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 blue pants, a green jacket with an elbow patch, a red 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. Their skin tone is depicted with black hand coloring.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Plate 7 of the original series published in Philadelphia.
After the work of Edward W. Clay.
Probably published by Anthony Imbert of New York.
Contains seven lines of dialogue in the vernacular and dialect 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!!”
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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Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Purchase 1968.
Subject African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African Americans -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Conversation.
Middle-class -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1828.
Racism in popular culture.
Geographic subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1825-1829.
Genre Caricatures -- 1820-1830.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1820-1830.
Printer Imbert, Anthony, 1794 or 5-1834, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Life in Philadelphia (New York Set) [7770.F.5]
Accession number 7770.F.5