Sujet

'Close your dreamy eyes (for Mammy Lou)', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'Close your dreamy eyes (for Mammy Lou)', 1901. 'Refined plantation lullaby, sung with great success by Josephine Gassman'. 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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A11_181

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,0Mo (4,4Mo) / 33,7cm x 46,1cm / 3986 x 5440 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building agriculture female Caucasian women woman people black child children library job family home music arts night infant baby babies country entertainment singing parent white occupation color design mother infancy cabin poor poverty plantation motherhood location century profession routine bedtime parenting vocalist singer print score concept language offensive controversy African American African-American time of day B&W sheet music afro-american slavery public library song controversial mum slave slaves racism United States of America Colour vaudeville graphic design black & white black and white B W mammy white and black 1900s 20th century lullaby New York Public Library NYPL racist American America USA plantation worker photograph portrait united states Unknown Johnson Lee Josephine Heritage Art enslaved person enslaved people scores implied racism racial stereotype derogatory Notated music coon song Josephine Gassman Gassman Lee Johnson Lee Johnson & Co. Lee Johnson & Company Lee Johnson Music Publishing Co. Lee Johnson Music Publishing Company