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Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit 1829.

Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit 1829.

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Print shows an African American couple walking on the street; the woman asks the man whether he likes the waltz.
Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:253).

Caption: "How you like de waltz, Mr. Lorenzo?" "'Pon de honour of a gentleman I tink it vastly indelicate - only fit for de common people!!"

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01/01/1829
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Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857, engraver
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