Details
Title "They all do it" [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 11 x 8 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)
Description Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man kissing a caricature of an African American woman on a bench in front of a house while people look on. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat, a white collared shirt, a waistcoat, a black jacket, plaid pants, and shoes, sitting on a bench. He carries a stick in his left hand and wraps his right arm around the African American woman’s neck and kisses her cheek. The woman, attired in a long-sleeved dress and apron, sits next to the man on the bench. She holds a flower in her hand on her lap and smiles. In the house behind the bench, a man, a woman, and a boy look down and smile at the couple from the second story window. In the left, a boy, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants with a suspender, sits on the wooden fence with his back turned to the viewer. In the foreground is a dog scratching its ear.
Notes Title from item.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Courtship.
Kissing.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Cards -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - They [P.2017.95.209]
Accession number P.2017.95.209