Details
Creator Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906, artist.
Contributor American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Title [The tavern] [graphic] / Drawn & lithd. at A. Kollner lithy.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by the American Sunday School Union, no. [1]46 Chesnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1852
Date [ca. 1852]
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 23 x 30 cm (9 x 11.5 in.)
Description Plate probably from a children's moral instruction picture book showing two white boys walking past a town saloon. One boy, attired in a wide-brimmed yellow hat, blue jacket, and tan britches, holds something in his left hand and uses his right hand to pat the back of the other boy beside him. The other boy, attired in a blue cap, red jacket, and yellow britches holds a thin rod and looks toward his companion. Behind the boys stands the saloon with a porch and open entryway and window. Six men, including an African America man, attired in top hats, vests, and jackets relax on the porch. The men smoke, read, lean back in their chairs, and watch the passing boys. A tan dog sleeps under the porch and near the dangling foot of the African American man who sits on the edge of the porch. Men drinking at the bar are seen through the open entryway and a man reading a newspaper is seen through the open window. In the center foreground, a tree and square-shaped rock are visible.
Is referenced by Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 173
Notes Title from Christopher Lane & Donald Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia at The Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection (Philadelphia, 1990).
Date inferred from Kollner's period of work with the American Sunday-School Union as A. Kollner's Lithy.
Gift of David Maxey, 2015.
Lane & Creswell suggest the plate is related to the American Sunday-School Union picture book "Common Sights in Town & Country" (Philadelphia, 1850).
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject African American men.
Bars.
Boys.
Dogs.
Eating & drinking.
Reading.
Smoking.
Temptation.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Genre prints -- 1850-1860.
Printer American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| GC - Genre [P.2015.52.5]
Accession number P.2015.52.5