Image of a crowded cartoon-like scene of Uncle Sam standing with foreign delegates in front of an exhibit hall at the United States Centennial Exhibition held in 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and handing out cartons labeled "Valentine's Varnish"; the foreign delegates are depicted as caricatures including a Chinese man wearing clogs, a Native American Indian and an Eskimo tasting the varnish, a man wearing a German Pickelhaube helmet, the back of a Scottish man in a kilt, and other individuals including men riding a camel, elephant, and giraffe; the goddess Columbia sits in the background at the center top of the building with an American eagle and shield; the image is printed in blue ink on a thin paper napkin with an ornate ivy border. Image on Japanese paper; date supplied by cataloger based on date of Centennial Exhibition. "Composed by Church. JC."--text, artist's signature, bottom left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 wood engraving : color printed ; overall 43.5 x 51.44 cm (17 1/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Caricatures and cartoons Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Columbia (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Valentine & Company Relief prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fairs & Expositions Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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