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Title Scent to the legislature. [graphic] / Andrews, Del.
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1868
Date [1868?]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 21 x 21 cm (8 x 8.25 in.)
Description Racist cartoon expressing disdain for African Americans who were elected to office as a result of Reconstruction. Depicts a bust-length portrait of an African American man legislator, portrayed in racist caricature with grotesque features, attired in a white collared shirt, a plaid bowtie, a waistcoat, and a jacket, smiling. He is flanked by two white men legislators who hold their noses as though he had a bad "scent." Many African American legislators were targeted as the source of corruption in politics during the era.
Is referenced by Weitenkampf, p. 152
Notes Title from item.
Date of publication of 1868 is used as the content suggests that the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment has occurred. Weitenkampf suggests an earlier date of 1865 arguing that African Americans were elected to office during the early era of Reconstruction
Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush.
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.
Subject United States. Constitution. 15th amendment.
African American legislators -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Noses.
Odors.
Racism in popular culture.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Geographic subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
Genre Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Political cartoons -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1868 Sce [5760.F.117]
Accession number 5760.F.117