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The travelled monkey - wiser & sadder. [graphic] / JML.
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Title
The travelled monkey - wiser & sadder. [graphic] / JML.
Title
The travelled monkey - wiser and sadder
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1884
Date
[1884?]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 34 x 48 cm (13.25 x 19.25 in.)
Description
Cartoon depicting two unidentified white men, attired in suits, on the balcony of the "Cleveland Hotel" in front of a hostile crowd calling out "Traitor" and "You be Damned." The speaker clutches a handkerchief and the bannister of the balcony as he tries to placate the crowd by stating it is their "Congress that is trying to break up the Government." The man beside him in the left smugly comments that he hopes the mayor is in town. An African American man in the crowd, portrayed in racist caricature, taunts the speaker, "How about that $400 Gold watch."
Notes
Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
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
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Crowds.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Political cartoons -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Political Cartoons - 1884 Tra [5760.F.110]
Accession number
5760.F.110
In Collections
Political Cartoons Collection
African American History Political Cartoons
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1866-1900
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