Title

'My Georgia lady-love', 1899. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'My Georgia lady-love', 1899. 'Words by Andrew B. Sterling, music by Howard & Emerson; written and composed expressly for the New York Sunday World'. 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

HRM23A05_270

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,7Mb (2,8Mb) / 13,4in x 17,9in / 4010 x 5380 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature female women woman people black library music flower flowers plant plants sunflower arts country entertainment color design location century print score concept language offensive controversy African American African-American sheet music afro-american public library song controversial racism United States of America Colour vaudeville 19th century graphic design 1890s New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL racist American America USA united states Unknown Howard Sterling Joseph Edgar Heritage Art scores 19th-century implied racism racial stereotype Emerson derogatory Notated music coon song Andrew B. Sterling Andrew B. Ida Emerson Ida Joseph E. Howard Joseph E. Joseph Edgar Howard