Details
Title [African American man minstrel] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 9 x 7 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)
Description Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel dancing. Shows the African American man, portrayed with exaggerated features and spindly arms and legs, attired in a black top hat with a peacock feather, yellow gloves, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a yellow and black striped bowtie, a green jacket with tails, pink leggings, and black shoes. He smiles at the viewer with both hands out to his sides and his left foot forward in a dance step.
Notes Title devised by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dance.
Minstrels.
Racism in popular culture.
Smiling.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 9 [P.2017.95.220]
Accession number P.2017.95.220