Details
Title [African man fanning a white woman in a hammock] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 9 cm (3 x 3.5 in.)
Description Racist, trade card specimen depicting a white woman in a hammock being fanned by a caricature of an African man. In the center, shows the blond-haired, white woman attired in a red headband, a blue dress, and yellow shoes, lying in a hammock. In the left, an African woman, attired in a head kerchief, a necklace, a white shirt, and a red skirt, serves a tray of food to the woman. The white woman leans over and grabs a piece of food from the tray with her right hand and has a butterfly on her left hand. In the right, an African man, attired in hoop earrings and a red and white sarong, fans the woman with a feathered fan on a long pole. In the right foreground, another African man attired in a red and white sarong, sits on steps leading to the hammock and fills a basket with coconuts. In the left are a parrot, several stacked boxes with pineapples on top, and two potted plants. In the right, a monkey sits holding a coconut. In the background is a water fountain, a statue of a woman carrying a vase on a pedestal, and palm and coconut trees. Behind the hammock is the roof of a building with a yellow curtain hanging down.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Africans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Black people -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Coconuts.
Fans (Accessories)
Hammocks (Furniture)
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 26 [P.2017.95.237]
Accession number P.2017.95.237