Details
Title [African American man minstrel playing the drums] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 4 cm (3 x 1.25 in.)
Description Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel playing the drum. Shows the full-length portrait of the man, attired in a white hat with a blue band, a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, a blue jacket with tails, white pants, and black shoes. A gold strap is slung around his shoulders, which carries the red and gold drum. He smiles as he beats the drum with a drumstick with a ball on the end that he holds in his right hand.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Drums (Musical instruments)
Minstrels.
Music.
Racism in popular culture.
Smiling.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Scraps (Decorations) -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 33 [P.2017.95.285]
Accession number P.2017.95.285