Summers, William artist Hunt, Charles engraver Isaacs, Harrison publisher still image Graphic Caricatures -- 1830-1840 Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1830-1840 enk London ENG. London Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St., Soho Sqre [ca. 1831] 1831 monographic eng

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1 print: hand-colored aquatint; 38 x 28 cm (15 x 11 in.) Racist caricature mocking the ambitions of free Blacks depicting, "Mr. Cesar," an African American dandy asking an African American belle how she finds herself in "dis hot weader?" "Miss Chloe," responds that she is doing well, but "aspires too much!" In the left, the man stands and faces the woman, in the right, and whose back is to the viewer. The man is attired in a blue waistcoat, a white vest, pink cravat, white pants, yellow gloves, and black slipper shoes. He holds a walking stick perpendicular to the ground in his right hand and a hat in his left hand. The woman is attired in a yellow, puff-sleeved, ankle-length dress, wide-brimmed yellow hat with a long veil and adorned with several pink flowers and blue ribbon, gloves, and white slipper shoes. She also wears earrings, a necklace, and a hair adornment. She holds a purse and fan in her left hand and a parasol in her right hand. The man and woman stand on a grassy knoll. The figures are portrayed with oversized and exaggerated features. Their skin tone is depicted with black-brown hand coloring. Engd. by Chas. Hunt. Title from item. Date inferred from content and name of publisher. After the work of Edward W. Clay. Attributed to William Summers. Inscribed: Pl. 3. Contains three lines of dialogue in the vernacular and dialect below the image: “How you find yourself dis hot weader Miss Chloe?” “Pretty well I tank you Mr. Cesar only I aspire too much!” Forms part of: Life in Philadelphia (London). African Americans Caricatures and cartoons Pennsylvania Philadelphia African American women Caricatures and cartoons Pennsylvania Philadelphia African American men Caricatures and cartoons Pennsylvania Philadelphia African American women Pennsylvania Philadelphia African Americans Clothing & dress Pennsylvania Philadelphia Conversation Middle-class Clothing & dress Pennsylvania Philadelphia Racism in popular culture P.9705.2 Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Life in Philadelphia (London Set) [P.9705.2] aacr dcrmg ppl 990721 20240827101926.0 133822 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.6 using a version of MARC21slim2MODS3-6.xsl (Revision 1.116 2016/3/15) modified by the Library Company of Philadelphia (modified 2023-10-02)