Image of a seven-piece minstrel band with African American children, a conductor, and a drummer playing musical instruments outdoors with a sunset behind them. Margins and title trimmed from local copy; probable date range and printer supplied by cataloger based on artist's history; Morgan worked for the Strobridge Lithograph Company from 1878 until 1885. "Matt Morgan"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom left corner.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 58.1 x 93.35 cm (22 7/8 x 36 3/4 in.)
Haverly's United American-European Mastodon Minstrels African American boys--Pictorial works African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works Bands (Music)--Pictorial works Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Marching bands--Pictorial works Minstrel shows Musical instruments--Pictorial works Haverly's Minstrels Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Minstrel The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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