Details
Title [African American man minstrel playing a drum] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph; sheet 12 x 9 cm (4.5 x 3.5 in.)
Description Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel drummer. Shows the man, in near profile, smiling and beating drumsticks on a drum strapped to his chest. He is attired in black shoes; pants with a stripe; a white jacket with flowers and long tails, with large buttons; a white ruffled shirt with a high collar; and a white top hat with a black band.
Notes Title devised by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Printed in blue ink.
Text stamped on recto: [No.] 478, 4 designs, price $1.55 per 1000.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Clothing & dress.
Drums (Musical instruments).
Minstrels.
Music.
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. 3 [P.2017.95.214]
Accession number P.2017.95.214