Details
Contributor Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title [African American boy playing soldier] [graphic] / Th. Nast.
Publisher [New York?]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1863
Date [ca. 1863]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 6 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format)
Description Reproduction of a Thomas Nast drawing showing an African American boy, portrayed as a racist caricature and attired in a striped, collared shirt, torn and worn pants, and boots. He holds a broom like a rifle and marches near a pile of hay.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from Thomas Nast drawing.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Created postfreeze.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Brooms & brushes.
Children playing soldiers.
Racism in popular culture.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Children.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Reproductions -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51c]
Accession number 5780.F.51c