Grand celebration ob de bobalition ob African slabery / drawn & engd. by I. Harris.
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- Grand celebration ob de bobalition ob African slabery / drawn & engd. by I. Harris.
- Alternate Title
- Series title: Life in Philadelphia
- Date
- [183-?]
- Creator
- Harris, I., engraver.
- Notes
- Derogatory depiction of a large group of well-dressed African American men gathered around a dinner table drinking, smoking, and making toasts concerning the abolition of slavery in the British colonies. In the background a participant drinks directly from a rum bottle and to the far right another reveler carries away an incapacitated drunk.
- Inscribed in upper left margin: No. 11.
- Names and Subjects
- African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Race relations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Social classes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century.
- Clothing and dress--1830-1840.
- Abolition movement--1830-1840.
- Ethnic stereotypes--1830-1840.
- Prints shelf.
- T. C. Lewis & Co.,--publisher.
- ID
- 941
- Barcode
- B5265292
- Physical Description
- 1 print : aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.6 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 32.4 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-08-12 00:10:08
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 3880 x 3652
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- 826 KB
- Record
- 941
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