Details
Title [African American man minstrel bowing holding a banjo] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 12 x 7 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)
Description Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel holding a banjo. Shows the African American man minstrel portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a brown top hat, a blue and white striped shirt with an oversized collar, a yellow bowtie, an orange jacket with tails, a rose boutonniere, green pants, and black buckled shoes. He stands facing to the right slightly bend over as though taking a bow, with his left hand out at his side. He holds a white banjo by the neck in his right hand.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Banjos.
Minstrels.
Music.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 18 [P.2017.95.229]
Accession number P.2017.95.229