Details
Creator Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist.
Contributor Childs, J. publisher.
Title Johnny Q., introducing the Haytien Ambassador to the ladies of Lynn, Mass. Respectfully inscribed to Miss Caroline Augusta Chase, & the 500 ladies of Lynn who wish to marry Black husbands. [graphic] / EWC.
Publisher New York : Published by J. Childs, Lithographer, 199 Fulton St
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1839
Date 1839
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 33 x 49 cm (13 x 19 in.)
Description Anti-abolition print satirizing the Lynn Female Anti-Slavery Society which was successful in its petition to the state legislature to abolish race-proscriptive laws, including a ban on interracial marriage. Depicts a parlor where the Society's members, composed of unattractive white women and African American men, have gathered to be introduced to the fictitious Haitian Ambassador, General Marmalade, by John Quincy Adams. The ambassador, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in an uniform and powdered wig, takes his hat off and bows as he holds a monocle up. He lasciviously addresses the women in the crowd in broken French and vernacular, "Mesdames votre trés humble serviteur! me no speak much Anglish-En regardant ces charmants bontons de rose de Lynn l’eau vient dans la bouche! Excuse bot de charming rose buds ob Lynn make vater in my mouse." The women await their introduction and remark about the ambassador's "lovely" and "beautiful" features, as well as his overall attractiveness. African American men, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in elegant suits, stand behind the women and comment in the vernacular about the ambassador, "Demd fine specimen of a man! pon honor." In the right background, a white man servant and a white woman servant enter the room carrying trays of food and drinks.
Is referenced by Weitenkampf, p. 60
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839, by John Childs, in the clerk's office, in the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Caroline Augusta Chase headed the Lynn Female Anti-Slavery Society.
Purchase 1959.
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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Biographical / historical note Clay, born in Philadelphia, was a prominent caricaturist, engraver, and lithographer who created the "Life in Philadelphia" series which satirized middle-class African Americans of the late 1820's and early 1830's.
Subject Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Lynn Female Anti-Slavery Society.
Ambassadors -- Haiti.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Massachusetts.
Haitians -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Interracial marriage -- United States.
Men, Black -- Haiti.
Miscegenation.
Racism in popular culture.
Servants -- Massachusetts -- Lynn.
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Women abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Lynn.
Black men -- Haiti.
Multiracial marriage -- United States.
Geographic subject Lynn (Mass.) -- History.
Genre Anti-abolition prints -- United States.
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Political cartoons -- 1830-1840.
Printer Childs, J. (John), publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1839-25w [6333.F]
Accession number 6333.F