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Life in Philadelphia. "Dat is bery fine, Mr. Mortimer..."

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Caricature of an African American couple singing and playing guitar in a parlor. "Mr Mortimer," in a brown 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 to the seated woman playing a guitar decorated with blue ribbons. She wears a large white bonnet garrishly decorated with ribbons and a bright maroon dress with puff long sleeves and comments that he sings "con a moor as de Italians say!!" Contains eight lines of dialogue above the image.; Clay, fecit.; Inscribed: Plate 12.; Inscribed: Copy right secured.; Forms part of: Life in Philadelphia.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. African American Women
  2. African Americans
  3. Caricatures
  4. Caricatures And Cartoons
  5. Clothing & Dress
  6. Couples
  7. Courtship
  8. Etchings
  9. Hand Colored
  10. Parlors
  11. Pennsylvania
  12. Philadelphia
  13. Songs And Music
  14. Women

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