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OBJECT TYPE: pen and ink/caricature/bicycle/Safety
DATE: 1894
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1559.001

MANUFACTURER: Dalrymple
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER (ILLUSTRATION BOARD)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 37.7 cm
Width: 36.9 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Dalrymple
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Puck was a magazine in the United States that featured colourful cartoons, caricatures, and political satire. It was founded in 1876 as a German-language publication by Joseph Keppler. The first English-language edition was published in 1877, covering political and social issues that were topical to readers of the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Puck magazine was active during a period of legal exclusions directed at equity deserving groups and immigrants (Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882; Immigration Act of 1917). This type of racist legislation, which was informed by social attitudes of the period, was reaffirmed and reinforced through the artwork presented in magazines, like Puck.
Function: Probably intended for use as an illustration in a magazine.
Technical: This comic includes a safety bicycle, as a means through which the artist could comment on the relationships between various groups and technology, as well as reaffirm offensive tropes and reinforce racist and sexist stereotypes.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL 'Chinaman Laughing at Well Dressed Cyclist' - '43', '4 3/4', '2/carr/1/W'/ ARTIST'S SIGNATURE 'Dalrymple'/ ON BACK, HANDWRITTEN 'Sept. 21/94 8-am/ " " " 425 Pm/ " 25/94 210 Pm./ " " " 445 "'/ STAMPED 'PROPERTY/ OF/ PUCK, N.Y.'
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Cream colour, slightly yellowed, especially around the edges, with black ink
Decoration: Racialized caricature of an Asian man apparently laughing at another man with a bicycle.

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