| Creator |
Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865. |
| Title |
[Scraps no. 3 for 1832] [graphic] / Designed, engraved and published by D.C. Johnston, 19 Water St. |
| Publisher |
Boston : D.C. Johnston, 19 Water St |
| Publisher |
MASS. Boston. 1832 |
| Date |
[1832] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 33 cm (10.25 x 13 in.) |
| Description |
Plate one from the 1832 edition of, "Scraps," Johnston's popular satirical series of societal caricatures published between
1828 and 1840, and in 1849. Depicts a montage of nine scenes lampooning contemporary social issues and every day life such
as corporal punishment, public drunkenness, popular fashion, marital relations, and libraries. Includes "Lock on the Understanding
in two Toms bound in boards" depicting two "Toms" locked in a stockade without refreshment discussing their "Dry Goods" &
"Stationary" business;" Heavy Wet" depicting a white man homeowner shocked to see a bank of snow fall from his roof unto a
passerby's head; 'What a piece of work is a Man...." depicting hogs ashamed to be seen with a white man drunkard unconscious
in their slop near a distillery; "Cowed Down" depicting a white wife upset about her cow's well-being as she watches her "mischievous"
white husband being gored by it; "The Menagerie" depicting a confused African American man witnessing children mistaking a
white man dandy and white woman dandiette for wild creatures at an animal menagerie; "Bullying Up" depicting a white farm
boy haranguing a bull in front of his angry mother; "The Cat Doth Play & After Slay" depicting a picture "copied from an innkeeper's
sign in Jugtown, N. Jersey" showing a cat playing a fiddle in front of a horse-drawn sleigh; "The Library" depicting the interior
of a library where a foppish white woman, a Frenchman, and white men librarians misinterpret and misunderstand comments about
popular literature; and "A Soporific" depicting an ailing white man unaffected by "laudanum opium" requesting his Reverend
to preach a sermon in order to put him to sleep.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Printed in upper left corner: Plate 1. |
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Published in D.C. Johnston's Scraps No. 3 1832 (Boston: D.C. Johnston, 1832), pl. 1. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Accessioned 1893. |
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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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.
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| Subject |
Adultery -- United States. |
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African American men -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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American wit and humor, Pictorial. |
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Animals in human situations. |
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Animal shows -- United States. |
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Boredom -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Cats -- United States. |
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Cows -- United States. |
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Dandies -- United States. |
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Farm life -- United States. |
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Interpersonal relations -- United States. |
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Intoxication -- United States. |
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Libraries -- United States. |
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Mothers and sons. |
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Popular literature -- United States. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Sick persons. |
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Snow -- United States. |
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Social classes -- United States. |
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Stocks (Punishment) -- United States. |
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Swine -- United States. |
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Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States. |
| Genre |
Etchings -- 1830-1840. |
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Political cartoons -- 1830-1840. |
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Puns -- 1830-1840. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1832 Scr (a) [5656.F.25] |
| Accession number |
5656.F.25 |
