[African American woman dancing] [graphic].

Dublin Core

Title

[African American woman dancing] [graphic].

Subject

African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dance.
Racism in popular culture.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Women.
Afro-Americana.

Description

Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature an African American woman dancing. Shows the woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a red hat decorated with flowers, gold bracelets, a dress composed of a yellow, blue, and white pattern with a red and black sash and flowers at the waist, orange stockings, and yellow shoes. She holds her skirt up with her hands and lifts her right leg up in a dance step.

Publisher

[United States] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1880]

Format

1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 12 x 8 cm (5 x 3 in.)

Identifier

Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 24 [P.2017.95.235]

Files

goldman-p-2017-95-235.jpg

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