Details
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Tsow Chaoong. Canton. [graphic].
Publisher [Boston] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher MASS. Boston. 1847
Date [ca. 1847]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 8 x 5 cm (1.75 x 3.25 in.)
Description Calling card for the Boston Chinese Museum "Writing Master" Tsow Chaoong. Includes a border containing flowers, birds, and cherubs. Chaoong's name also printed in Chinese characters. The Boston Chinese Museum, established following the first official trade agreement between the U.S. and China (Wanghsia Treaty of 1844), operated 1845-1847 in Boston before traveling to Philadelphia. The Museum operated in Philadelphia 1847-1849 and New York 1849-1850 before closing. Chaoong produced custom made cards for visitors that contained their names and places of birth in Chinese characters that were accompanied by his calling cards.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Card described in Ronald J. Zboray's "Between "Crockery-dom" and Barnum: Boston's Chinese Museum, 1845-47" American Quarterly, June 2004, pp. 292.
Subject Chaoong, Tsow. -- Associated objects.
Boston Chinese Museum.
Angels.
Birds.
Flowers.
Chinese characters.
Men -- Chinese.
AAPI.
Genre Engravings -- 1840-1850.
Visiting cards -- 1840-1850.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ephemera - Cards - C [(6)1322.F.127]
Accession number (6)1322.F.127