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| Keywords: 1829-philadelphia-black-bourgeoisie-flesh-coloured.jpg Artwork creator Edward Williams Clay <br />Published by W Simpson Life in Philadelphia published in 1829-05 etching A caricature showing an African-American woman shopping while dressed in the very latest of high fashions; her similarly-attired friend waits in the doorway for her to finish her purchase As caricaturists often did the size of the woman's hat is exaggerated and the skirts are shown a little shorter than they would have been in real life see Image Waist-and-Extravagance-ca-1830-fashion-satire-Heath jpg for another typical example of these standard caricaturists' tricks from the same period This caricature is not really racist in itself and could even be considered to be subtly anti-racist in pointing out the relative meaning of the term flesh-colored but much of the humor which white Americans of 1829 would have perceived in it would have arisen from the racist preconceptions which they held Many white Americans would have found the very idea of a black bourgeoisie as it was later called or Black attempts to imitate White high-society to be inherently at least slightly ridiculous Dialogue in image ;Fashionably-attired African-American woman Have you any flesh-coloured silk stockings young man ;French shop-attendant who knows exactly what to do to please the customer Oui Madame Here is von pair of de first qualité Meaning Yes ma'am here is a pair which is of the highest quality C monogram bottom right ~ artist or engraver Edited from the image http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g02000/3g02400/3g02441u tif at the Library of Congress website <small>CALL NUMBER PGA - Clay Edward W --Life in Philadelphia A size P P<br /> REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-USZC4-2441 color film copy transparency <br /> LC-USZ62-119316 b w film copy neg <br /> REPOSITORY Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division<br /> Washington D C 20540 USA<br /> DIGITAL ID color film copy transparency cph 3g02441<br /> http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3g02441<br /> b w film copy neg cph 3c19316<br /> http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3c19316<br /> CARD 93503166</small> PD-old-100 1829 cartoons 1820s fashion Females with green dresses in art Females with green hats in art Caricatures of fashion African Americans in 19th-century art Clay 1829 in the United States Philadelphia in the 1820s Shopping in art Edward Williams Clay 1820s dresses | ||||
