| Creator |
Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865. |
| Title |
[Scraps no. 3 for 1832] [graphic] / Designed engraved & 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 27 x 34 cm (10.75 x 13.5 in.) |
| Description |
Plate three 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 fashion, gender relationships, bed bugs, the theater, modesty, materialism, parental relationships, and drunkenness. Includes
"A Rain Bow" depicting a white man dandy offering to assist a white woman with her parasol under the judging eye of a fellow
unwilling to "wear out" his umbrella in the rain; "Great Cry and Little Wool" depicting white chambermaids mocking the fearfulness
of a white man being attacked by gigantic, near sated bed bugs and a mosquito; "Pressure of the Times" depicting a crowd of
white men fighting with each other for "Boston Theater" box tickets; "Ne Plus Ultra of Delicacy" depicting white men discussing
"decently clothed tables and chairs" while tending to an unconscious white woman driven to faint after viewing a sculpture
of barely-clad "Chanting Cherubs"; "Sport of His Satanic Majesty" depicting Satan and his minion fishing for white drunkards
to be eaten and used as firewood; "Mother's Hope and Father's Joy" depicting a little, white "gentleman" being bid upon by
his mother and a little girl; "The Test of Friendship" depicting a white man drunkard showing true friendship by lying in
the gutter with his equally inebriated white man friend; "Steamboat Scene" depicting white individuals and a family reacting
to a "man overboard" with gawking looks, a cry for a rope, a criticism of drunkenness, anger at his non-removal of expensive
shoes, and a desire to exchange places to forgo seasickness; "Going Off Half Cocked" depicting and an intoxicated white man
stuttering "good evening" in front of his snickering African American maid, portrayed in racist caricature.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Printed in upper left corner: Plate 3. |
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Published in D.C. Johnston's Scraps No. 3 1832 (Boston: D.C. Johnston, 1832), pl. 3. |
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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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| Subject |
African American household employees -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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American wit and humor, Pictorial. |
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Boys -- United States. |
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Courtship. |
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Devil. |
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Fighting -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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Insects -- United States. |
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Interpersonal relations -- United States. |
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Intoxication. |
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Materialism. |
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Modesty. |
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Parent and child. |
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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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Steamboat accidents -- United States. |
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Theater audiences -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |
| Genre |
Etchings -- 1830-1840. |
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Political cartoons -- 1830-1840. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1832-Scr (c) [P.2275.27] |
| Accession number |
P.2275.27 |
