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[Geo. S. Harris & Sons print specimens]
[graphic].
[Philadelphia] :
[Geo. S. Harris & Sons, lith.],
[ca. 1881]
33 prints :
32 chromolithographs and 1 lithograph ;
sheet 16 x 26 cm (6.25 x 10.25 in.) or smaller.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publication date inferred from content of one print depicting President James Garfield.
Series of specimens, primarily for trade cards and labels, printed by the prominent Philadelphia lithographic firm. Subjects include fanciful, allegorical, and sentimental scenes and portraiture with women, children, and flowers; hunting and recreational scenes; international iconography; animals (dogs, horses, and an alligator clutching a Black baby in its jaws); political and military imagery, including President James Garfield; land and marinescapes; and mythological and fairy tale views. Collection also includes specimen without an imprint and probably printed by Harris showing a plantation scene with a white man, attired in a straw hat, a white collared shirt, white pants, and a sword on his waistband, placing his right hand on the shoulder of a barefooted Black man, attired in a straw hat, a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled to his elbows, and white pants that are torn at the bottom, who carries a hoe. They stand before a body of water surrounded by flowers and trees with the plantation in the background. Racist scene shows a white female angel with wings pouring packages of tobacco from a cornucopia to a group of men and women from various ethnic groups and nationalities, including Native Americans, Chinese, Spanish, and Middle Eastern people, many of which smoke cigars, hookahs, and pipes. Specimen depicting a man, attired in a turban with a dagger in his waistband, kneeling with a rifle beside him. Surrounding him are palms and desert plants. In the right background, a lions stands and looks on.
Forms part of Specimens Album Collection.
Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349].
Gift of Margaret Robinson, 1991.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Garfield, James A.
(James Abram),
1831-1881
Portraits.
African American sailors.
67158
Animals.
lctgm
67576
Asians
Caricatures and cartoons.
Children.
lctgm
69498
Chinese
Caricatures and cartoons.
Children, Black
Caricatures and cartoons.
Ethnic stereotypes.
Fairy tales.
lctgm
71963
Flowers.
lctgm
72240
Hunting.
lctgm
73860
Indians of North America
Caricatures and cartoons.
Indigenous people
Caricatures and cartoons.
lctgm
Men, Black.
Military personnel.
lctgm
Myths.
lctgm
Politics & government.
lctgm
Plantations.
lctgm
78108
Racism in popular culture.
Recreation.
lctgm
79030
Smoking.
lctgm
80197
Women.
lctgm
82663
Chromolithographs
1880-1890.
lctgm
Genre prints
1880-1890.
lctgm
Landscape prints
1880-1890.
lctgm
Marines (Visual works)
1880-1890.
lctgm
Portraits
1880-1890.
lctgm
Specimens
1880-1890.
lctgm
Black children.
local
Black men.
local
Women.
82663
SP3
Afro Americana.
SP10
Philadelphia artists.
Geo. S. Harris & Sons,
printer.
Imprint
PA. Philadelphia.
1881.
Library Company of Philadelphia
PRINT
PRINT
Specimen Album Loose Prints Collection - Geo. S. Harris [P.9349.279, 283-284, 292, 298-307, 309, 317-318, 321, 328-329, 332, 436-437, 439, 441-442, 447, 451-453 & 455-456]
P.9349.279
P.9349.283-284
P.9349.292
P.9349.298-307
P.9349.309
P.9349.317-318
P.9349.321
P.9349.328-329
P.9349.332
P.9349.436-437
P.9349.439
P.9349.441-442
P.9349.447
P.9349.451-453
P.9349.455-456
P-9349-298
P.9349.298
P-9349-299
P.9349.299
P-9349-302
P.9349.302
P-9349-307
P.9349.307
P-9349-318
P.9349.318
P-9349-328
P.9349.328
P-9349-442
P.9349.442
P-9349-452
P.9349.452
P-9349-455
P.9349.455
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PA. Philadelphia.
1881.
Imprint