Attributed to E.W. Clay., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Clay, born in Philadelphia, was the most prolific caricaturist of the Jacksonian era. He became well known for his popular racist series, "Life in Philadelphia," published from 1828 until around 1830, which mocked upwardly mobile African American Philadelphians as ineptly attempting to imitate the white middle class., Nancy Reynolds Davison's E.W. Clay: American Political Caricaturist of the Jacksonian Era. (PhD. diss., The University of Michigan, 1980), p. 76, 358. (LCP Print Room, Uz A423.O), LCP holds duplicate untrimmed print: *Wainwright 315., Racist caricature simultaneously mocking and condoning the pretentiousness and bigotry of early 19th century Philadelphia Quakers toward their "social inferiors." On a Philadelphia road in front of a small home with an open picket fence and a visitor arriving on horseback, a raggedly dressed dark skinned traveler with buck teeth, possibly an Irishman or African American, asks a rotund Quaker man and his attractive prim and proper daughter, "I say, this isn't the road to Philadelphy, honey, is it?" The father responds indignantly to the "Friend," that he is not only asking a question, but also telling a lie, and of course it is the road.
Date
[1830 or 1831]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W315.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W315 [P.2179]
Attributed to E.W. Clay., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Clay, born in Philadelphia, was the most prolific caricaturist of the Jacksonian era. He became well known for his racist popular series, "Life in Philadelphia," published from 1828 until 1832, which mocked upwardly mobile African American Philadelphians as ineptly attempting to imitate the white middle class., Nancy Reynolds Davison's E.W. Clay: American Political Caricaturist of the Jacksonian Era (PhD. diss., The University of Michigan, 1980), p. 76, 358. (LCP Print Room Uz, A423.O)., LCP holds duplicate trimmed print: W315., Gift of William Helfand., Racist caricature simultaneously mocking and condoning the pretentiousness and bigotry of early 19th century Philadelphia Quakers toward their "social inferiors." On a Philadelphia road in front of a small home with an open picket fence and a visitor arriving on horseback, a raggedly dressed dark skinned traveler with buck teeth, possibly an Irishman or African American, asks a rotund Quaker man and his attractive prim and proper daughter, "I say, this isn't the road to Philadelphy, honey, is it?" The father responds indignantly to the "Friend," that he is not only asking a question, but also telling a lie, and of course it is the road.
Date
[1830 or 1831]
Location
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W315.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W315 [P.9576]
Aerial views of the campus and environs of George School, established 1893 in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Views depict campus buildings, including the Main Building constructed 1892 after designs by Addison Hutton., Negative numbers: 2739, 2740, 2741., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2739; P.8990.2740; P.8990.2741]
Aerial view of the campus and environs of George School, established 1893 in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. View depicts campus buildings, including the Main Building constructed 1892 after designs by Addison Hutton., Negative number: 5845.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
May 6, 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5845]
Shows the former school building of the Friends' Academy, erected in 1744, rebuilt in 1803, and razed in 1859, boarded up for demolition on the 100 block of South 4th Street. Building adorned with signage promoting a "stationery & printing" shop. Also shows adjacent businesses G. Krouse, gas fitter (117 S. 4th); Quaker City Bag Factory; and Moses Thomas & Sons, auctioneers (139-141 S. 4th). Friends' Academy, established in 1689 by the Religious Society of Friends, suspended operations in 1842 and was re-established as the William Penn Charter School in 1875., Date inscribed in negative., Title from manuscript note by collector on mount., Manuscript note by collector on mount: On the 9th of April '59 workmen commenced demolishing the "old Quaker schools houses" pictured above. The over-topping wall &c (gable) at termination of the picture are parts of the auction store of Moses Thomas & Sons -near but one house to the N.E. cor. of Fourth & Harmony St. [Note the northern school - house only was removed on the site of which are now erected 3 noble stores 4 stories high, Aug. 27th 1859. CP., Duplicate of 8339.F.6., Originally part of a Poulson's scrapbook., See Poulson's scrapbook, vol. 4, p.35. [(4)3602.Q]., Richards, Philadelphia painter, etcher, and photographer produced some of the earliest successful paper photographic prints in the city, including photographs commissioned by local historian Charles Poulson to document Philadelphia.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
April 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Education [(4)3602.Q.1]
Shows the former school building of the Friends' Academy, erected in 1744, rebuilt in 1803, and razed in 1859, boarded up for demolition on the 100 block of South 4th Street. Building adorned with signage promoting a "stationery and printing" shop. Also shows adjacent businesses G. Krouse, gas fitter (117 S. 4th); Quaker City Bag Factory; and Moses Thomas & Sons, auctioneers (139-141 S. 4th). Friends' Academy, established in 1689 by the Religious Society of Friends, suspended operations in 1842 and was re-established as the William Penn Charter School in 1875., Date inscribed in negative., Title and name of photographer from duplicate., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 39 1/2. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Select link below for a digital image., Duplicate of (4)3602.F.1.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
April 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Education [(5)2526.F.39 1/2 / 8339.F.6], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f6.jpg
Genre winter scene showing male students frolicking in the snow at the east end of the main building of the co-educational Quaker boarding school. Boys build snowmen, have snow ball fights, and sled on the snow-laden grounds covered with footsteps. Westtown was established in 1794 by the Society of Friends as a boarding school for boys and girls. The campus was separated into the girls' and boys' bounds, i.e., yards for recreation. Sledding, or coasting, was a favorite winter activity., Not in Wainwright., Mount contains printed border., Date inferred from companion prints (colored and uncolored) in the collection of Westtown School Archives, Westtown, Pa., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 221, Westtown School Archives holds multiple copies., Stamped on recto: Harold E. Gillingham Collection.
Creator
Collins, John, 1814-1902, artist
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 46 W 538
Plan of the cemetery established in 1725 near the Sadsbury Meeting House established the same year in Sadsbury Township, later Gap, PA. Shows the plots arranged in a grid bordered on three sides by "Samuel Sellers land" and the land of the Sadsbury Friends Meeting. Lands delineated with hand coloring. Also includes a pathway and a border delineated in hand coloring., Title transcribed from manuscript note on item., Includes plot numbers and dimensions., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., John Gest, was son of Joseph Gest (d. 1815), the carpenter of the second Sadsbury meeting house built in 1760.
Creator
Gest, John, 1783-1865
Date
[ca. 1815]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.15.21]
Racist caricature simultaneously mocking and condoning the pretentiousness and bigotry of early 19th century Philadelphia Quakers toward their "social inferiors." Shows a Philadelphia road in front of a small home with an open picket fence and a visitor arriving on horseback. In front of the fence, a dark skinned traveler, possibly an Irishman or African American, with buck teeth and carrying a knapsack and a walking stick, asks a rotund white Quaker man and his attractive prim and proper daughter, "I say, this isn't the road to Philadelphy, honey, is it?" The father responds indignantly to the "Friend," that he is not only asking a question, but also telling a lie, and of course it is the road., Attributed to E.W. Clay., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 652, Clay, born in Philadelphia, was the most prolific caricaturist of the Jacksonian era. He became well known for his racist popular series, "Life in Philadelphia," published from 1828 until 1832, which mocked upwardly mobile African American Philadelphians as ineptly attempting to imitate the white middle class., Nancy Reynolds Davison's E.W. Clay: American political caricaturist of the Jacksonian era (PhD. diss., The University of Michigan, 1980), p. 76, 358. (LCP Print Room Uz, A423.O)., LCP holds duplicate trimmed print: W315., Gift of William Helfand, 1998., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator
Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist
Date
[1830 or 1831]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W315 [P.9576]
Racist caricature simultaneously mocking and condoning the pretentiousness and bigotry of early 19th century Philadelphia Quakers toward their "social inferiors." Shows a Philadelphia road in front of a small home with an open picket fence and a visitor arriving on horseback. In front of the fence, a dark skinned traveler, possibly an Irishman or African American, with buck teeth and carrying a knapsack and a walking stick, asks a rotund white Quaker man and his attractive prim and proper daughter, "I say, this isn't the road to Philadelphy, honey, is it?" The father responds indignantly to the "Friend," that he is not only asking a question, but also telling a lie, and of course it is the road., Attributed to E.W. Clay., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, Clay, born in Philadelphia, was the most prolific caricaturist of the Jacksonian era. He became well known for his popular racist series, "Life in Philadelphia," published from 1828 until around 1830, which mocked upwardly mobile African American Philadelphians as ineptly attempting to imitate the white middle class., Nancy Reynolds Davison's E.W. Clay: American political caricaturist of the Jacksonian era. (PhD. diss., The University of Michigan, 1980), p. 76, 358. (LCP Print Room, Uz A423.O), LCP holds duplicate untrimmed print: *Wainwright 315., Accessioned 1982., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator
Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, artist
Date
[1830 or 1831]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W315 [P.2179]
This collection consists of five disbound volumes of letters written to and from William Dillwyn of London and his daughter Susanna Dillwyn in America from 1770 to 1795; and thereafter until 1818, to and from Susanna and her husband Samuel Emlen, Jr. of Burlington County, New Jersey. Although Susanna lived almost her entire life apart from her father, their letters are frequent and deal primarily with family matters and kin. However, there is frequent comment concerning such topics as yellow fever; abolitionism and slavery; and American and European politics, including the Napoleonic wars and the embargo, as well as their effects upon trade and merchants in Philadelphia and London. Moreover, events such as the Federal Convention of 1787 and topics such as the health of Benjamin Franklin, the popularity of President Washington and the trials of a new republic are addressed throughout the correspondence.
Political cartoon depicting Quakers and racist caricatures of Native Americans riding on the backs of German and Scots-Irish settlers surrounded by burning houses and the bodies of dead men, women, and children. In the left, Benjamin Franklin stands holding a paper reading, "Resolved/ ye Prop[riete]r/ a knave/ & tyrant/ NC D/ gov[erno]r D:o." A fox, representing Quaker Joseph Fox, stands between his legs. Quaker leader Israel Pemberton rides on the back of a Scots-Irish man, who holds a rifle. Pemberton stretches his right hand out to grasp Franklin's paper and holds a band of wampum in his left hand. A rope wrapped around his left arm is attached to the nose of a blindfolded German man who walks behind him carrying a Native American man on his back. The Native American man holds a tomahawk in his right hand and carries a pack on his back labeled, "I.P." In the foreground are bodies of a dead man, woman, and child with cut marks on their heads indicating scalping. Native American men burn houses in the background. Joseph Fox and Israel Pemberton were leaders in the Quaker "Friendly Association" that was often accused of supplying money secretly to the Native Americans., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Attributed to Claypoole., Text printed under image: "The German bleeds & bears ye furs/ Of Quaker Lords & savage Curs/ Th' Hibernian frets with new Disaster/ And kicks to fling his broad brim'd Master/ But help at hand Resolves to hold down/ Th' Hibernian's Head or tumble all down.", Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See Philadelphia printmaking: American prints before 1860 (West Chester, Pa.: The Tinicum Press, 1977), p. 70-89., RVCDC
Creator
Claypoole, James, 1720-1784?, etcher
Date
[1764]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT PRINT political cartoons 1764 Ger [66984.O.9]
