05340ckm a2200841 a 4500 000140835 20240827101422.0 kjoho 990803s1860 enknnn kneng d ppl (CPomAG)AFR-193 1 3 ppl PPL dcrmg Summers, William artist. 42604 Life in Philadelphia. "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings...?" [graphic] / Engd. by Chas. Hunt. London: T. C. Lewis & Co. 96 Cheapside, [ca. 1860] 1 print: hand-colored aquatint; sheet 36 x 29 cm (14.25 x 10 in.) Title from item. Date inferred from content and name of publisher. After the work of Edward W. Clay. Attributed to William Summers. Plate 11 of the original series of Life in Philadelphia. Contains five lines of dialogue in the vernacular and dialect below the image: Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man? Oui Madame! here is von pair of de first qualité! Inscribed: No. 9. Racist caricature of an African American woman shopping for a pair of "flesh coloured silk stockings" in a hosiery store with a white male sales clerk speaking with a French dialect. Depicts, in the center left, the woman standing at the brown counter in front of the clerk who holds up a pair of black-colored stockings from out of a rectangular box. She is attired in a red floral patterned dress, as well as yellow tall, wide-brimmed floral-patterned hat adorned with tan flowers, greenery, and a veil and long yellow floral-patterned ribbon, white gloves, earrings, and brown button-up boots. She rests her white, polka-dot-patterned purse on the counter and holds up a monocle from the end of her neck fob to inspect the stockings that the clerk declares are of "de first qualite!" Her black parasol rests against the counter. Rows of black, white, pink, and yellow stockings and fashion accessories hang on the wall behind the clerk. The clerk is attired in a green waistcoat with tails, a blue vest, white cravat, and white pants. In the left, an African American woman attired in a white polka dot dress and tall, wide brimmed hat adorned with a veil and pink ribbons is seen in the doorway of the shop in which light blue curtains hang and are pushed to the side. A shelf lined with bolts of textiles hangs above the doorway. The wheel of a carriage is seen behind the woman. The figures are portrayed with oversized and exaggerated features. The central woman figure’s skin tone is depicted with black hand coloring and the woman figure in the doorway’s skin tone is depicted with brown hand coloring. The man is depicted with rosy cheeks and brown, curled hair. Forms part of: Life in Philadelphia (London). Charles Hunt was a respected London engraver who was most known for his aquatints of sporting subjects. RVCDC Description revised 2021. Access points revised 2021. African Americans Caricatures and cartoons Pennsylvania Philadelphia. African American women Caricatures and cartoons Pennsylvania Philadelphia. African American women Pennsylvania Philadelphia. African American women Clothing & dress Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Clerks (Retail trade) Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Conversation. lctgm 70354 Hosiery. lctgm 73763 Men Clothing & dress Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Middle-class Clothing & dress Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Racism in popular culture. Shopping Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Caricatures 1860-1870. gmgpc Aquatints Hand-colored 1860-1870. gmgpc Women. 82663 SP3 African American History Hunt, Charles engraver. 50683 Illustrator Hunt, Charles, engraver. Printer T. C. Lewis & Co., publisher. Imprint ENG. London. 1860. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT Life in Philadelphia (London) [P.9713.2] P.9713.2 ep 2001/06/18 LCPD Life in Philadelphia (London) [P.9713.2] Afr-193 000140835 CONV 00 20051208 1945 000140835 BATCH-UPD 00 20051211 1119 000140835 20060120 1808 000140835 20060201 1534 000140835 JENNY 40 20070327 1337 000140835 20071018 1952 000140835 ERIKA 40 20230530 0830 000140835 ERIKA 40 20220118 1314 000140835 ERIKA 40 20211220 0832 000140835 ERIKA 40 20211220 0837 000140835 ERIKA 40 20220106 0732 ENG. London. 1860. Imprint Hunt, Charles, engraver. T. C. Lewis & Co., publisher. 133858 133858