Details
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Leadbeater's renowned stove polish. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [February 1861]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 23 x 19 cm (8.75 x 7 in.)
Description Racist advertisement for Leadbeater & Co.’s stove polish depicting a white woman and an African American woman polishing stoves. In the left, the brown-haired white woman, attired in a blue ruffled dress, white gloves, a necklace, and bracelets, stands holding a bottle of Leadbeater’s stove polish in her left hand, which she brushes onto a heating stove. In the right, an African American woman domestic, attired in a yellow head kerchief, gold hoop earrings, a red collared shirt with the sleeves rolled to her elbows, and a green skirt with black stripes, kneels as she brushes polish on the cooking stove. She turns her head to see her reflection on the stove in the left. Also visible in the image are a framed portrait, landscape, and still life, and a green sideboard with white plates and a cup. Leadbeater & Company, was a one year partnership between Philadelphia stove polish merchants, F.C. Leadbeater and D.L. Wells, at 920 Market Street.
Notes Title and date from manuscript note written on recto: Leadbeater's Renowned Stove Polish; Feb. 1861.
Not in Wainwright
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 134
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of engravings relating to Philadelphia. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Leadbeater & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American household employees.
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Polishes.
Polishes industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Racism in popular culture.
Stoves.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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.441a]
Accession number (7)1322.F.441a