06083nkc a2201213 a 4500 000279908 20230913195700.0 kj co 010321s1881 paunnn kneng d 1 3 10 NEHE-1632 ppl PPL dcrmg [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 265841 265841 000279908 ERIKA 40 20101201 1555 000279908 ERIKA 40 20101201 1607 000279908 ERIKA 40 20101201 1630 000279908 ERIKA 40 20101202 1042 000279908 ERIKA 40 20101202 1043 000279908 ERIKA 40 20101203 1023 000279908 ERIKA 40 20101203 1147 000279908 ERIKA 40 20101206 1307 000279908 ERIKA 40 20120118 1025 000279908 LINDAW 40 20120420 1219 000279908 LINDA 40 20211220 1215 000279908 LINDA 40 20211217 1330 000279908 LINDA 40 20211222 0927 000279908 LINDA 40 20211217 1325 000279908 LINDA 40 20211217 1327 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1881. Imprint