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"Dat is bery fine, Mr. Mortimer--you sing quite con a moor, as de Italians say!!" / C. Hunt, sc.
1830
Racist depiction of an African American couple singing and playing guitar in a parlor. "Mr. Mortimer," in a blue coat and tails, stands with one hand on his heart and with his other holding a sheet of music as he sings a love song. The woman is seated and plays a guitar. She wears a large white bonnet garrishly decorated with pink ribbons and a dress with puffy long sleeves. Lyrics to "Mr. Mortimer's" song printed below image.
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E-North 38/GC024/19th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/19th c./Caricatures GA 2024.02998
- People
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- Related Name
- Isaacs, Harrison
- Language
- English
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Item Summary
Racist depiction of an African American couple singing and playing guitar in a parlor. "Mr. Mortimer," in a blue coat and tails, stands with one hand on his heart and with his other holding a sheet of music as he sings a love song. The woman is seated and plays a guitar. She wears a large white bonnet garrishly decorated with pink ribbons and a dress with puffy long sleeves. Lyrics to "Mr. Mortimer's" song printed below image.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- "Dat is bery fine, Mr. Mortimer--you sing quite con a moor, as de Italians say!!" / C. Hunt, sc.
- Call Number
- E-North 38/GC024/19th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/19th c./Caricatures GA 2024.02998
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcpn89dk80b
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1830
- Extent
- 1 print : aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.6 x 20 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 26 cm
- Content Warning
- Unspecified
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Inscribed in upper left corner: Pl. 2.
- Princeton copy 1 Mounted in mat
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 3
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/11ad7ea9-3669-48df-a046-cd8603aaea49/manifest