"Dat is bery fine, Mr. Mortimer--you sing quite con a moor, as de Italians say!!" / C. Hunt, sc.
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- "Dat is bery fine, Mr. Mortimer--you sing quite con a moor, as de Italians say!!" / C. Hunt, sc.
- Alternate Title
- Series title: Life in Philadelphia
- Date
- [183-?]
- Notes
- Derogatory 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 yellow dress with puffy long sleeves. Lyrics to "Mr. Mortimer's" song printed below image.
- Inscribed in upper left corner: Pl. 2.
- Names and Subjects
- African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- Social classes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
- African American musicians--Pictorial works.
- Courtship.
- Clothing and dress--1830-1840.
- Ethnic stereotypes--1830-1840.
- Prints shelf.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations.
- Isaacs, Harrison,--publisher.
- ID
- 762
- Barcode
- B6322096
- Physical Description
- 1 print : aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.6 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 37.3 x 27.7 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-08-11 23:58:30
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 3645 x 5152
- File Size
- 655 KB
- Record
- 762
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""Dat is bery fine, Mr. Mortimer--you sing quite con a moor, as de Italians say!!" / C. Hunt, sc.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-762/wcl000875. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 25, 2024.