Title

'The Piccaninnies', 1898. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The Piccaninnies', 1898. 'The Runaway Girl; new musical play, lyrics by Aubrey Hopwood and Harry Greenbank, music by Lionel Monckton and Ivan Caryll'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A04_211

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,2Mb (1,8Mb) / 13,3in x 16,4in / 3990 x 4924 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black library music arts country play entertainment color design drama location century print score concept language offensive controversy African American African-American B&W sheet music afro-american public library song controversial racism United States of America Colour vaudeville 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W white and black New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL racist American America USA united states Unknown Aubrey Ivan Caryll Caryll Felix Marie Henri Tilkin Tilkin Monckton Monkton Lionel Heritage Art Ivan Lionel Monkton Lionel Monckton scores 19th-century implied racism racial stereotype Hopwood derogatory coon song Boosey & Co. Boosey & Company Aubrey Hopwood Felix Marie Henri F?lix Marie Henri Tilkin F?lix Marie Henri