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| Keywords: 1829-Frances-Wright-goose-caricature.jpg A Down<s>W</s>right Gabbler or a goose that deserves to be hissed -- an 1829 caricature which takes a hostile view of Frances Wright's public lectures Many at the time considered the mere fact of a woman lecturing in public to be a shameless act of brazen impudence and effrontery in itself regardless of the particular content of her lecture and the fact that Wright preached radical views of slavery abolition and giving women the right to vote only increased the criticism she received The caricature depicts her with a goose's beak and eyes wearing a somewhat unfashionably high-waisted and narrow-sleeved black dress and reading from a book as she lectures A young man with a somewhat vacant look and a hand tucked into one side of his vest à la Napoleon patiently holds her bonnet This was probably intended to be interpreted as going a little bit beyond an ordinary daily act of chivalry into a more or less subserviently deferential role Edited from image http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/cph/3b40000/3b48000/3b48500/3b48500u tif at the Library of Congress website ---- Bibliographic information found on the LoC site TITLE A downright gabbler or a goose that deserves to be hissed / Published by James Akin Philada CALL NUMBER PGA - Akin--Downright gabbler A size P P REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-USZC2-599 color film copy slide LC-USZ62-88788 b w film copy neg SUMMARY Caricature of Frances Fanny Wright British-born activist exponent of female suffrage and outspoken critic of slavery The title's reference to Wright as a gabbler probably alludes to her sensational American lecture tour of 1829 Wright wears a black dress and long white scarf and has the head of a goose She stands reading from a book and gesturing before a speaker's table with candles pitcher glass and books Behind her stands a young man holding her bonnet and looking on Mrs <s>Kemble</s> Wright's costume and the scene itself -- with its table water candles and acolyte-like attendant -- seems intended to suggest an underlying parallel with liturgical rites MEDIUM 1 print on wove paper lithograph with watercolor; image 20 x 19 9 cm CREATED/PUBLISHED 1829 CREATOR Akin James ca 1773-1846 artist NOTES Title appears as written on print Quimby no 51 Published in American political prints 1766-1876 / Bernard F Reilly Boston G K Hall 1991 entry 1829-2 TOPICS Wright Frances FORMAT Caricatures 1820-1830 Lithographs Hand-colored 1820-1830 REPOSITORY Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA DIGITAL ID color film copy slide cph 3b48500 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3b48500 b w film copy neg cph 3b35204 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3b35204 CARD 2002708975 Edited from image http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/cph/3b40000/3b48000/3b48500/3b48500u tif 1829 James Akin ca 1773-1846 PD-old-100 Frances Wright 1829 cartoons 1829 in the United States Black clothing in art female Geese in art Gender-role reversals or women in power 19th-century caricatures Hand-in-waistcoat People with candles in art People with scarves in art Candlestands lighting devices | ||||
