Details
Title Jim Crow and his poney [sic] never fail to please. [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Date [ca. 1835]
Physical Description 1 print : woodcut engraving mounted on paper ; sheet 18 x 24 cm (7.25 x 9.25 in.)
Description Racist print, possibly a performance handbill, depicting a simian equestrian rider attired in a military uniform and a hat. He holds an American flag while standing atop a horse galloping in a circus ring past a row of smiling and cheering white men, women, and children spectators.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Print pasted on back of ledger page with manuscript notes.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1997, p. 35-36.
Purchase 1997.
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Crow, Jim (Fictitious character) -- 1830-1840.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Performances & portrayals.
Circuses & shows -- United States.
Horses -- United States.
Racism in popular culture.
Spectators -- United States.
Genre Woodcuts -- 1830-1840.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Entertainment [P.9557.2a]
Accession number P.9557.2a