Details
Contributor Roseland, Harry Herman, 1866-1950, artist.
Roseland, Harry Herman, 1866-1950, publisher.
Title The love drop [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : Harry Roseland
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1903
Date 1903
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 12 x 14 cm (4.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Racist, card depicting a genre scene of an African American woman fortune teller with three white women clients. Shows the elderly African American woman, attired in a red head kerchief, spectacles, a yellow shawl, a long-sleeved white dress, and a white apron, sitting on a green, wooden chair and tea reading. She pours tea out of a cup, and it drips into a small bottle. A saucer is on the floor below. The illustration’s title, “The Love Drop” refers to a tea leaf reader’s term for the last drop that falls from the cup, which would supposedly provide a glimpse into affairs of love. In the right, three young white women look on at the fortune teller. The blond-haired white woman, attired in a hat decorated with flowers and a long-sleeved pink dress with black decorative ribbons, sits on the floor on a rug with her parasol next to her. To her right, seated on a wooden chair, the brown-haired woman, attired in a hat decorated with a black ribbon and red flowers and a yellow dress with black lace accents, leans forward holding her parasol in both hands underneath her chin. Sitting on the chair’s right armrest, the blond-haired woman, attired in a green dress decorated with black ribbons, looks on. Behind the women is an open hearth with a black pot hanging above the fire. A clothesline of laundry hangs in front of the hearth. In the left is a table with a red tablecloth and a shelf above it that has a copper coffeepot and plate. There are cups and saucers on the floor and a round container possibly of red knitting. A chair is visible in the far right.
Notes Title from item.
Publication information and date from the copyright statement: Copyright 1903 by Harry Roseland.
Text printed on recto: The Love Drop. From Painting by Harry Roseland.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Fortune telling.
Love.
Older people.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1900-1910.
Cards -- 1900-1910.
Printer Roseland, Harry Herman, 1866-1950, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Love [P.2017.95.249]
Accession number P.2017.95.249