Details
Contributor Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, printer.
Mason, Caroline Atherton, 1823-1890 Do they miss me at home.
Title Do they miss me at home? [graphic].
Publisher Boston : Bufford
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 7 x 7 cm (2.75 x 2.75 in.)
Description Trimmed vignette showing a caricature of a young African American girl, possibly a satirical personification of the popular mid-19th century song of the same title. Depicts the girl, attired in a baby doll dress, her hair in short coils, and the fingers of one hand in her mouth as, in the other, she holds the string of a rolling pull toy horse visible behind her. Published in 1852 and composed by S. M. Grannis with lyrics by Caroline Atherton Mason, "Do they Miss Me at Home" was written in the voice of a homesick girl away at school. The song remained popular through the Civil War when translated to the voice of soldiers. Bufford, later J. H. Bufford's sons, issued trade cards 1870-1875 containing images portraying racial and ethnic stereotypes, as well as personfications of popular 19th-century songs, ballads, and poems.
Notes Copyrighted, Bufford, Boston.
Date inferred from style of copyright statement.
Gift of Wendy Woloson.
Subject African American girls -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Toys.
Genre Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Genre [113487.D]
Accession number 113487.D