Details
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Concentrated leaven or bread powders. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia?] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 16 x 13 cm (6 x 5 in.)
Description Advertisement for baking powder depicting an African American woman cook, portrayed as a racist caricature, displaying her oversized bread to a white woman. In the right, the African American woman, attired in a yellow kerchief, hoop earrings, a red dress with the sleeves rolled up, a white apron, white stockings with red stripes, and yellow shoes, holds a shovel in her left hand and points to the bread with her right hand. The gargantuan bread in the pan rests on a table covered in a white tablecloth alongside other pans of baked goods. Behind the table, the brown-haired, white woman, attired in a white dress with blue stripes with lace at the neck and sleeves, holds her hands up in shock over the over-proved bread. Underneath the table, the cook’s young daughter, attired in a short-sleeved yellow dress, sits on a rug and makes bubbles with a bowl and stick to play with a cat. Image also includes an oven and a metal basin.
Notes Not in Wainwright
Title from item.
Date from content.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 40
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject African American girls.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women cooks -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African Americans in advertising.
Baking powder.
Bread.
Cats.
Play (Recreation)
Pointing fingers.
Racism in popular culture.
Women.
Genre Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Advertisements [(7)1322.F.441b]
Accession number (7)1322.F.441b