Block numbered in two places: 3682., Image of one girl placing her hand on the shoulder of a girl sitting on a bench; the seated girl covers part of her face with one hand; there is a broom leaning on the wall beside the bench.
Block numbered in one place: 3674, also 929 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a girl sitting on a low wall in front of a door, under a sign that says “Office”; she covers her face with both hands; behind her in the distance is what appears to be a bridge., “Late” – Inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in Stories for little ears (Philadelphia, 1857), p. 27.
Genre scene showing a crying boy sitting on the floor by a disheveled pantry. A toppled chair rests nearby and dishes are scattered on the floor at the boy's feet., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Carl Getter.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
c1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.9319.3]
The valentine shows an image of a small child in a pink frock with a yellow collar crying with its hands clenched., Text: Pray dry your eyes my pretty child, / Be cheerful and then maybe, / Next time I pass this way I'll bring, / Some candy for the Baby., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
The valentine depicts a man crying, and the text mocks him for his childishness., Text: Pray do not weep, nor spoil those eyes red, / Don't soil your clothes with those soft drops of brine; / Sure, out of pity, some green girl will you wed, / And nurse you as an infant Valentine., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Illustrated trade card depicting a wailing baby., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Shill's "celebrated and renowned baby coaches" and lists some of Shill's products in two columns., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Shill [1975.F.779]
Racist, satiric postcard depicting three young African American boys perched from oldest to youngest on a branch as "Black crows." The boys are attired in loin clothes. The middle child is crying with his hands over his eyes and falling off the branch. In the left, the oldest boy attempts to hold him up. The youngest, a baby, pats the middle child's shoulder with his right hand., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyrighted, 1899., Accessioned 1999., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Genre [P.9725.2]
Racist postcard depicting an African American boy looking exasperated at the crying African American baby beside him. The children are shown from the waist up and are bare-chested. The older boy has a glistening substance around his mouth and on his cheeks. The baby holds, possibly, ice in their hands., Title from item., Publication information and date from copyright statement: Copyrighted, 1905, and published by Knaffl & Bro., Knoxville, Tenn., Accessioned 1999., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Genre [P.9725.3]
A woman with exaggeratedly large lips sits with a screaming child on her knee. Both she and the child wear large feathered hats., Text: You nasty, drunken, stupid cat, / Likewise your frightful squalling brat, / Are both so ugly that 'tis vain / Your various features to explain! / Your lips are nothing else but good 'uns, / Exactly like two large black puddings; / Nature, you've no cause to thank it / For eyes like burnt holes in a blanket; / In short, devoid of bow or feather, / You are a beauty all together., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Engraving after a painting by Joseph Ames showing family, relatives, and friends gathered around the dying Daniel Webster, who sits in bed propped up against a pillow. Webster, a Whig senator from Massachusetts, died at his home in Marshfield in 1852 after falling from his horse. His attendees, gather around the foot of his bed, including his wife Caroline LeRoy Webster, attired in a white lace veil, who cries with her head in her hand. In the right, a seated, Mrs. Caroline Fletcher Webster gazes at Webster while her son leans against her and a young, white girl rests on a stool at her feet. Behind her is Sarah, an African American servant, holding a silver tray with a pitcher and cup. Attendees include: Charles Henry Thomas, Jacob LeRoy, Edward Curtis, Caroline LeRoy Webster (wife), Mrs. James W. Paige, Samuel A. Appleton, James W. Paige, George Ashmun, Rufus Choate, Peter Harvey, Daniel Fletcher Webster (son) and his wife Caroline S. White, Caroline L. Appleton, Daniel Webster, Ashburton Webster, Caroline Webster (granddaughter), Dr. J. Mason Warren, Dr. John Jeffries, Sarah (African American servant), John Taylor (farmer), and Porter Wright (farmer). A bust of George Washington sits on a shelf on the wall in the right. In the lower margin is a small vignette of the estate at Marshfield., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858 by Smith & Parmalee in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York., See A Description of the great historical painting of The last days of Webster at Marshfield. Painted by Joseph Ames, of Boston. New York : Smith Brothers and Parmelee, 1855. [Am 1855 Smi Bro, 73625.O], LCP also holds one trial proof, two proof without letters, two engraved artists proofs without letters, and five additional copies of print. [***GC - Webster, P.2012.69.1-10], Gift of David Doret, 2011., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator
Mottram, Charles, 1817-1876, engraver
Date
1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***GC - Webster [P.2011.63.26]
