"What de debil you hurrah for General Jackson for?" / Chas. Hunt, sc.
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- Title
- "What de debil you hurrah for General Jackson for?" / Chas. Hunt, sc.
- Alternate Title
- Series title: Life in Philadelphia
- Date
- [183-?]
- Notes
- Derogatory depiction of an African American "ministration man" violently chastizing an African American boy for his cheers of support for Andrew Jackson. Depicts the well-dressed man with a switch in his right hand as he angrily grabs the frightened boy who is dressed in patched pants, a jacket, and a hat made from the pro-Jackson paper "The Mercury." In the background a large crowd dances around a liberty pole with a flag near the top.
- Inscribed in upper right corner: Plate 5.
- Clements Library holds two copies with variation in coloring.
- Names and Subjects
- African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Social classes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1828.
- Clothing and dress--1830-1840.
- Ethnic stereotypes--1830-1840.
- Prints shelf.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations.
- United States--Politics and government--1825-1829.
- Isaacs, Harrison,--publisher.
- ID
- 760
- Barcode
- B7332127
- Physical Description
- 1 print : aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 18.9 x 16.5 cm, on sheet 35.9 x 27.8 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-08-12 00:12:45
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 3652 x 5152
- File Size
- 588 KB
- Record
- 760
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-760/wcl000873
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""What de debil you hurrah for General Jackson for?" / Chas. Hunt, sc.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-760/wcl000873. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 29, 2024.