A Native Reforming the City Hall
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: maker
content: Robinson, Henry R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: In this undated print, a black man is whitewashing a wall while an Alderman and an Irish MP in uniform are attempting to stop him. Both white men are aghast that the black man is whitewashing the wall, threatening imprisonment and mayoral trial if he does not stop. The original intent of this print is unclear.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The lithographer and publisher of this print is Henry R. Robinson (1827-1877). Robinson worked in New York, and had a store to sell his prints. In 1842, he was arrested for selling obscene pictures and books leading to the September 28, 1842 court case, People vs H. R. Robinson found in the District Attorney Indictment Papers, Municipal Archives. He was politically affiliated with the anti-Jackson Whig party which was made obvious by the wig silhouette used in 1838 as an advertising logo for his shop.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Municipal Government
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, fraternal
label: Subject
content: Blacks
label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Peters Political Prints
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3396
label: catalog number
content: 60.3396
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 11 1/4 in x 15 1/8 in; 28.575 cm x 38.4175 cm