Details
Title [African American man pulling a donkey on a rope] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 5.5 x 7 cm (2.25 x 2.5 in.)
Description Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man pulling a donkey on a rope. Shows the man in the left attired in a black hat, a white collared shirt, a blue jacket, white pants, and black shoes. He strains forward as he attempts to pull the donkey on a rope, which he holds over his right shoulder and in his right hand. He looks behind him with an open and downturned mouth. He also carries a stick in his left hand. The gray donkey pulls back against the rope with its mouth open.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Donkeys.
Human-animal relationships.
Pulling.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Scraps (Decorations) -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 27 [P.2017.95.279]
Accession number P.2017.95.279