Item Summary

Racist caricature depicting two African American men accosting an African American woman; the man on the left is asking to accompany her, but is told that she has already made arrangements with the man on the right to escort her.

Descriptive Information

Title
Life in New York. The rivals
Call Number
E-North 38/GC024/19th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/19th c./Caricatures GA 2024.03000
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc1v53k918q
Language
English
Date Created
1828-1835
Extent
1 print : lithograph, color ; sheet: 25.5 x 30.8 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title from item.
Caption: Shall I hab the honour of glanting you to the battery this afternoon Miss Dinah, hope you'll squeze the brupt inbitation, as ... -- O you allready squeezed Mr. Sancho, only I made a privyous gagement to Mr. Romio. -- Hope you not going to break your gagement to me, I hab been standing here for three hours.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/65f407f0-907a-41bd-97d5-035d0454a039/manifest