Practical amalgamation (musical soirée) / EWC [signed on stone].
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- Title
- Practical amalgamation (musical soirée) / EWC [signed on stone].
- Date
- [1839]
- Notes
- Cartoon satirizing the social effects of interracial mixing. In a parlor, a chorus of five caricatured African American men sing behind an African American female soloist. She wears a very low-cut dress and tall headdress with plumes. A thin, slumping white man plays the piano. The racially mixed audience members listen to the music or talk amongst themselves.
- "Entd. accordg. to Act of Congress in 1839, by John Childs, in the Clerk's Office, in the District Court, for the southern district court of N. York."
- Names and Subjects
- African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Race relations.
- Singers--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Clothing and dress--1830-1840.
- Ethnic stereotypes--1830-1840.
- Prints shelf.
- Childs, J.--(John),--publisher.
- United States--New York (State)--New York.
- ID
- 262
- Barcode
- B6515571
- Physical Description
- 1 print : lithograph ; image 24.4 x 35.7 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 40.9 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-01-06 00:10:58
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5149 x 3589
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 262
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-262/wcl000335
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"Practical amalgamation (musical soirée) / EWC [signed on stone].". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-262/wcl000335. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 05, 2024.