| Title |
The Start [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1890 |
| Date |
[ca. 1890] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 9.5 x 7 cm (3.75 x 2.75 in.) |
| Description |
Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man riding in a two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart. Shows the
man, attired in a white top hat, yellow gloves, a white collared shirt, a blue bowtie, a black jacket with tails, white pants,
and black shoes, seated on a red cart, smiling and looking at the viewer. He holds the reins to the brown horse, which trots
and pulls the cart in the right. He also carries a black whip in his right hand.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date deduced from the visual content. |
|
Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.269]. |
|
Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Carts & wagons. |
|
Horses. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Riding. |
|
Smiling. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890. |
|
Scraps (Decorations) -- 1880-1890. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 35 - The start [P.2017.95.287] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.95.287 |
