| Contributor |
Robinson, Henry R., -1850, publisher. |
| Title |
An affecting scene in Kentucky. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : [Henry R. Robinson] |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1836 |
| Date |
[1836] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : hand colored lithograph ; sheet 37 x 49 cm (14.5 x 19 in.) |
| Description |
A racist cartoon ridiculing Kentucky congressman Richard M. Johnson, the 1836 Democratic vice-presidential candidate, for
his common-law marriage to Julia Chinn, a multiracial woman. Depicts Johnson, with the "New York Courier and Enquirer" falling
from his hand, as he grieves over the "scurrilous attacks in the newspapers on the mother of my children." His daughters,
Adaline and Imogene, attired in evening dresses, comment on his "affected state" and hold a framed portrait of their mother,
attired in a turban. Surrounding Johnson are Democrats pledging support, including a postmaster, a well-dressed African American
man, who speaks in the vernacular, and a gaunt white man abolitionist holding the Connecticut newspaper the "Emancipator."
Another white man supporter comments on Johnson's agitated state.
|
| Is referenced by |
Reilly, 1836-15 |
|
Weitenkampf, p. 61 |
|
Peters, America on stone, p. 78 |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Publication information supplied by Reilly. |
|
Purchase 1958. |
|
RVCDC |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Part of digital collections catalog 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.
|
| Subject |
Abolitionists -- United States. |
|
Antislavery movements -- United States -- Newspapers. |
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Chinn, Julia, -1833 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Johnson, Adaline Chinn -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Johnson, Imogen Chinn -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850 -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Miscegenation. |
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Racially mixed people. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
|
Multiracial relationship. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- Hand colored -- 1830-1840. |
|
Political cartoons -- 1830-1840. |
| Printer |
Robinson, Henry R., -1850, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1836-15 [6277.F] |
| Accession number |
6277.F |
