The lub letter / designd. & drawn by W. Summers ; Hunt, sculpt.
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- Title
- The lub letter / designd. & drawn by W. Summers ; Hunt, sculpt.
- Alternate Title
- Series title: Life in Philadelphia
- Date
- [183-?]
- Notes
- Derogatory depiction of "Angelica Lilywhite," an African American woman reading a "lub" letter from her "Adorable Lubber, Augustus Octavio Whiteman." She wears a heart-shaped pendant and sits unladylike on a couch reading her "billet-doux." In the letter Augustus proclaims he cannot think of anything but her "classic features" and he would be "de Blackest ob villains" if he could see such "lubliness without feeling its influence."
- Inscribed in upper right margin: No. 4.
- Names and Subjects
- African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Social classes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century.
- Courtship.
- Clothing and dress--1830-1840.
- Ethnic stereotypes--1830-1840.
- Prints shelf.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations.
- Summers, W.--(William),--1816-1880,--artist.
- Lewis Company,--publisher.
- ID
- 938
- Barcode
- B5265285
- Physical Description
- 1 print : aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.9 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 28.8 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-08-12 00:09:36
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- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 3645 x 5152
- File Size
- 772 KB
- Record
- 938
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"The lub letter / designd. & drawn by W. Summers ; Hunt, sculpt.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-938/wcl001032. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 03, 2024.