04403nkm a2200649 a 4500 000312656 20251028110727.0 kj co 010416s1890 nyunnn kneng d ppl 3 ppl PPL dcrgm National Bank Note Co. Photographing the baby. [graphic]. New York : National Bank Note Co. lithd, [ca. 1890] 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 11 cm (3.25 x 4.25 in.) Title from item. Publication date inferred from dates of activity of publisher (1888-1892) as cited in Jay Last, The Color Explosion (Santa Ana: Hillcrest Press, 2005). Trade card after an 1870 Sol Eytinge Harper's Weekly illustration with white figures depicting a racist, caricaturized genre scene to promote the coach varnish firm Clarence Brooks & Co. Scene shows a white photographer taking the portrait of an African American toddler in hi studio. The African American figures are portrayed with caricatured and exagerrated features. In the right, the white photographer stands next to his camera and tripod. He holds a cloth in his right hand, at his side, and a yellow-colored, monkey-like string puppet in his raised left hand. He wears a beard and is attired in a long brown jacket and blue striped pants. Between him and his young sitter is a framed advertisement above maroon paneling on an olive-colored wall. The advertisement reads: "Clarence Brooks & Co., Fine Coach Varnishes, Cor. West & West 12th Sts." In the left, the African American girl sits stiffly on a plush, green arm chair. Her eyes are opened wide in a surprised expression. She wears a sleeveless pink dress with blue bows at the shoulders. Behind her, in the doorway, are two African American women. The younger woman, likely to be perceived as the girl's mother, peers around from the left of the doorway. She wears a stylish hat, white blouse, and red bow at her neck. An older woman, likely to be perceived as the girl's grandmother, stands in the right of the doorway. She wears a brown-colored bonnet with a large bow around her chin and a brown-colored dress and shawl. Clarence Brooks established his varnish business in 1859 as Brooks and Fitzgerald, later Clarence Brooks & Co. In the early 1880s the firm issued calendars illustrated with African American caricatures in genre scenes, often after Sol Eytinge Harper's Weekly illustrations. Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program (Junto 2015). Housed with the Emily Phillips Advertising Card Collection. RVCDC Description revised 2022. Access points revised 2022. Clarence Brooks & Co. African American girls Caricatures and cartoons. African American grandmothers Caricatures and cartoons. African American mothers Caricatures and cartoons. African Americans Caricatures and cartoons. African Americans Clothing & dress. Cameras. lctgm Photographers. lctgm 77950 Photographic studios. lctgm Portrait photography. 77970 Racism in popular culture. Varnishing industry New York (State) New York. lctgm Trade cards 1880-1890. gmgpc Chromolithographs 1880-1890. gmgpc Satires (Visual works) 1880-1890. gmgpc African Americans Satire. Women. 82663 SP3 African American History Eytinge, Solomon, 1833-1905, artist. Imprint N.Y. New York. 1890. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT trade card - Brooks [P.2016.17.1] P.2016.17.1 000312656 ERIKA 40 20160531 1609 000312656 ERIKA 40 20160531 1615 000312656 ERIKA 40 20160602 1921 000312656 ERIKA 40 20160927 1627 000312656 ERIKA 40 20200110 1300 000312656 ERIKA 40 20220202 0920 000312656 ERIKA 40 20220314 1422 000312656 ERIKA 40 20220202 0922 000312656 ERIKA 40 20220314 1441 N.Y. New York. 1890. Imprint 296197 296197