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[Allegorical cartoon with pixies, cherubs, architecture, and an execution] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A129890
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Contributor
Woodside, John Archibald, 1781-1852, artist.
Title
[Allegorical cartoon with pixies, cherubs, architecture, and an execution] [graphic].
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1835
Date
[ca. 1835]
Physical Description
1 drawing: watercolor and ink; sheet 14 x 19 cm (5.5 x 7.25 in.)
Description
Dreamlike scene of Black and white pixies creating mayhem around a white man's execution by hanging. Pixies hold the hangman's noose and break blocks upon a dismembered man's head. In the background, stands a large majestic building with an American flag and other architecture including a pyramid, monument, steeple, and dome.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Date inferred from possible artist.
Manuscript note on verso: Woodside?
Possibly by John Archibald Woodside, Sr.
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.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Accessoined 1893.
Subject
Pixies.
Executions.
Architecture.
Black people -- Satire.
Genre
Watercolors -- 1830-1840.
Cartoons -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| drawings & watercolors - unid. - A [5656.F.30]
Accession number
5656.F.30
In Collections
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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