Judge — December 11, 1897 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a Christmas-themed cover of *Judge* magazine featuring a caricatured Black infant emerging from a large eggshell, captioned "Come Kiss Me Honey!" The imagery appears to be a racist caricature common to late-19th-century American popular culture, depicting Black people through exaggerated and dehumanizing visual tropes. The "egg birth" conceit was a recurring satirical motif in period humor, though its specific political or social target here—whether commentary on immigration, labor, or something else—is unclear without additional context. The artwork is signed by an artist (signature appears to read "Kemple"). This represents the offensive racial imagery that *Judge* regularly published during this era, reflecting deeply prejudiced attitudes normalized in American media of the 1890s.