| Creator |
Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865. |
| Title |
[Scraps no. 3 for 1832] [graphic] / Designed engraved & published by D.C. Johnston. |
| 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 two 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 everyday life, such
as dueling, juries, the wealthy, debt, education, and the use of coal as a fuel. Includes "Fair Play: Safe Play" depicting
two absurd methods of dueling utilizing chalked figures on a rotund man and a barn door; "Hunger Versus Judgment Jury -Room"
depicting a hungry jury voting for execution in order to adjourn for dinner; "Who Are You Looking At?" depicting an indignant
white man looking at the viewer; "The Last Bell" depicting a wealthy, white "belle" with an entourage transporting her numerous
belongings for a river voyage, annoyed with her son who has fallen in the water; "Military Precocity" depicting a young white
boy aspiring to fit into his grandfather's oversized military uniform; "Anti-Phlogistic" depicting white gentlemen experimenting
with safe, economical "Rhode Island coal" in a fireplace attended by an African American man servant; "Primary School Examination"
depicting an elementary classroom where a white man teacher is mocked as a "jackass" and a white girl student reveals during
a spelling lesson that her mother takes rum in her tea; "An Incarcerated Monster" depicting a white man artisan debtor on
display in his prison cell in front of a wealthy family commenting about his deserved incarceration as a monster.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Printed in upper left corner: Plate 2. |
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Published in D.C. Johnston's Scraps No. 3 1832 (Boston: D.C. Johnston, 1832), pl. 2. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Accessioned 1979. |
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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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African American household employees |
| Subject |
African American men -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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American wit and humor, Pictorial. |
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Anger. |
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Boys -- Clothing & dress -- United States. |
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Coal -- United States. |
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Debt -- United States. |
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Dueling -- United States. |
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Elementary school teaching -- United States. |
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Interpersonal relations -- United States. |
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Juries -- United States. |
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Military uniforms. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Servants -- United States. |
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Social classes -- United States. |
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Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States. |
| Genre |
Etchings -- 1830-1840. |
|
Political cartoons -- 1830-1840. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1832-Scr (b) [P.2275.26] |
| Accession number |
P.2275.26 |
