Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African man attired in a headdress. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man as he looks to the right with a serious expression. He is portrayed with exaggerated features and is attired in an orange and red headdress that wraps around his forehead in a band. The headdress is decorated with glass or crystal beads in the center of his forehead and hanging down from the band on red and yellow strips. He also is attired in a gold necklace., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 12 [P.2017.95.265]
Series of illustrated trade cards for the Philadelphia jewelry firm J.E. Caldwell & Co. Illustrations depict scantily-clad boys standing on the heads of various animals, including an alligator, a donkey, and a camel. The boys wear or carry native items or clothing from various parts of the world, including a dark-skinned boy wearing large hoops in his hears, a gold anklet, and shield-like object on his back; a boy wearing a bandana around his head with a two-tined pitchfork over his shoulder; and a boy wearing a long kaffiyeh with a rifle strapped to his back. Another illustration depicts man seated at a table etching designs into a an urn or vase., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include the Engraving Department of Caldwell & Co. and J.B. Lippincott & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1870-1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Caldwell [1975.F.127; 1975.F.130; 1975.F.132; 1975.F.222]
