Details
Title [African American man on a mule-drawn plow] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (3 x 4.25 in.)
Description Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man on mule-drawn plow. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat and a blue, plaid jacket and pants, sitting on top of a plow. He holds the lever to the plow in his right hand and the reins to the mule pulling the plow in his left hand. The mule is kicking its back legs into the air because three pigs are running around it. Trees are visible in the background.
Notes Title devised by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Series number printed on recto: 468.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Farming.
Farms.
Human-animal relationships.
Plowing.
Plows.
Racism in popular culture.
Swine.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 15 [P.2017.95.226]
Accession number P.2017.95.226