Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 367

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(RACISM.) COLBURN, MRS. ROLLINSON. Illustrations of Negro Life in Washington. An Unpleasantness in Swampoodle. Photographic card after an engraving, 5-1/4x4 inches mounted on slightly larger cardstock. Np, 1887
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Depicts an argument between a pair of extremely caricatured black women. In the background, a policeman approaches. Similar in sentiment to the earlier nineteenth century series, "Life in Philadelphia."