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Summers, William,
delineator.
42604
Life in Philadelphia. A black tea party.
[graphic] /
W. Summers, del.; Hunt, sc.
London:
Published by W.H. Isaacs, Charles St. Soho Sqre.,
[ca. 1833]
1 print:
hand-colored aquatint;
sheet 23 x 27 cm (9 x 10.75 in.)
Title from item.
Date inferred by content and name of publisher.
Contains six dialogue bubbles above the image: I bery glad I ain’t the cat./I begin to see which way de cat jumps/When you have helped all de company Miss Rosabella, I’ll tank you for anoder cup/No trouble Miss Araminta none but de brave deserve de Fair/You take too mush trouble Mr. Ludovico./Mass cat tink him tea to hot.
Racist caricature satirizing the African American guests and hosts, "Mr. Ludovico" and "Miss Rosabella," of a tea party. To the far right of the table, "Miss Rosabella," attired in a blue cap sleeve dress, pours steaming hot tea into a cup which tips over and spills onto a startled black cat on the floor. To her right, "Mr. Ludovico," attired in a blue waistcoat, passes a plate of sandwiches to "Miss Araminta,” attired in a pink, puff sleeved dress and who protests his taking the trouble. Next to them, a frowning, woman guest, attired in an orange puff sleeved dress asks “Miss Rosabella” for "anoder cup" of tea after she helps the other guests. An African American man servant (in the right) and the other guests (in the left), a mother holding her baby and resting her feet on an ottoman and her young son seated on a small chair, observe and comment about the spilled tea on the cat and the flirtatious behavior of "Mr. Ludovico." The man servant wears a jacket with epaulets. He holds a cloth. The mother wears a green dress with puffed sleeves. The boy wears a red smock shirt and striped pants. He drinks a cup of tea. The scene is set in a parlor decorated with a carpet with an ornate pattern. Figures are depicted with oversize and exaggerated features. Their skin tone is depicted with black hand coloring. The women figures wear their hair in top knots, except the mother who wears a round, soft brimmed hat adorned with bows.
Forms part of: Life in Philadelphia (London).
Charles Hunt was a respected London engraver who was most well known for his aquatints of sporting subjects.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
African Americans
Caricatures and cartoons
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
African American boys
Caricatures and cartoons
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
African American men
Caricatures and cartoons
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
African American women
Caricatures and cartoons
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
African Americans
Clothing & dress
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Cats.
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Conversation.
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Courtship.
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Etiquette.
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Middle class
Clothing & dress
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Racism in popular culture.
Tea parties
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Caricatures
1830-1840.
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Aquatints
Hand-colored
1830-1840.
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Women.
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African American History
Hunt, Charles,
engraver.
50683
Printer
Isaacs, W.H.,
publisher.
Imprint
ENG. London.
1833.
Library Company of Philadelphia
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Life in Philadelphia (London Set) [P.9709.2]
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Life in Philadelphia (London Set) [P.9709.2]
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ENG. London.
1833.
Imprint
Isaacs, W.H.,
publisher.