"Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" / engd. by Chas. Hunt.
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- Title
- "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" / engd. by Chas. Hunt.
- Alternate Title
- Series title: Life in Philadelphia
- Date
- [183-?]
- Notes
- Derogatory depiction of an African American woman buying "flesh coloured silk stockings" in a hosiery store from a well-dressed white male with a French accent. The woman is standing at the counter in a yellow floral patterned dress and a huge blue hat adorned with yellow flowers and pink ribbon. She uses her monocle to inspect the black colored stockings that the clerk is holding and which he has declared are of "de first qualité!"
- Names and Subjects
- African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Social classes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century.
- Clothing and dress--1830-1840.
- Clothing stores--1830-1840.
- Ethnic stereotypes--1830-1840.
- Prints shelf.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations.
- Isaacs, Harrison,--publisher.
- ID
- 740
- Barcode
- B5265311
- Physical Description
- 1 print : aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.1 x 19.1 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 27.6 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-08-12 00:14:26
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 3645 x 5152
- File Size
- 691 KB
- Record
- 740
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-740/wcl000853
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""Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" / engd. by Chas. Hunt.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-740/wcl000853. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 05, 2024.