Details
Title [African American man holding on to a bucking donkey] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 5 x 5 cm (2 x 2 in.)
Description Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man holding on to a bucking donkey. Shows the man, attired in a black top hat, a white jacket, blue pants, red socks, and black shoes, grasping on to a bucking donkey. He wraps his arms around the donkey’s neck and his legs press against the donkey’s back as he tries to hold on. His eyes and mouth are opened wide. The gray donkey sinks his head down and kicks his back legs up.
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.
Racism in popular culture.
Riding.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Scraps (Decorations) -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 31 [P.2017.95.283]
Accession number P.2017.95.283