ARTIST: Paul Frenzeny
PUBLISHER: Published by Harper's Weekly, New York, February 1, 1873.
MEDIUM: Hand colored wood engraving.
DATE: 1873
EDITION SIZE: Image 9 1/8 x 13 1/2" (228 x 343 mm) plus title and margins.
DESCRIPTION: Two images sides by side: on the left "Plying the Old Trade in the New Country" and on the right "Taking to the American Style of Earning their Daily Bread" . The analogy implies that Italians earned their keep in the old country by begging and only learned the value of honest labor once they arrived in America. A barefaced example of the rampant stereotyping that impoverished immigrants endured upon their arrival in the "New World".
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CONDITION: Good condition. Modern hand coloring.
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