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Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit. 1829.
1829
Racist caricature depicting a well-dressed African American couple walking hand in hand. The woman asks, "How you like de waltz, Mr. Lorenzo?" He replies "Pon de honour ob a gentleman I tink it vastly indelicate, only fit for de common people!!"
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- E-North 38/GC024/19th-Century American Caricatures/Normal/19th c./Caricatures GA 2024.03002
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- Related Name
- Hart, S. (Sarah Stock), 1789-1863
- Language
- English
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