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File:Watermelons in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 1866-12-15 p 197.jpg

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James E. Taylor: The Water Melon Market at Charleston, S.C.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
James E. Taylor  (1839–1901)  wikidata:Q60894892
 
James E. Taylor
Alternative names
James Earl Taylor
Description American illustrator
Date of birth/death 1839 Edit this at Wikidata 1901 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cincinnati Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q60894892
Author
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
Title
The Water Melon Market at Charleston, S.C.
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: The Water Melon Market at Charleston, S.C. by James E. Taylor, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 15, 1866

This illustration, appearing in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in 1866, is believed to be the first published caricature of blacks reveling in watermelon.
The adjoining article explained, "The Southern negro in no particular more palpably exhibits his epicurean tastes than in his excessive fondness for watermelons. The juvenile freedman is especially intense in his partiality for that refreshing fruit."
Depicted place Charleston, South Carolina
Date 15 December 1866
date QS:P571,+1866-12-15T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Wood engraving
Credit line Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Source/Photographer

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/how-watermelons-became-a-racist-trope/383529/
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2014/12/1._Frank_Leslies_1866_12_15_p._197/7d71d716f.jpg

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
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Watermelon market at Charleston, South Carolina, 1866

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