Image of a group portrait of a female musical group dressed in formal gowns and seated in a row under a loggia with a lake and trees in the background, with some playing musical instruments including violins, a flute, horn, harp, and cello and accompanied by one male member seated in the center and two male members in blackface at each end also playing instruments; thirteen vignettes with head-and-shoulder portraits of the female performers in formal dress above the central image. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on show history; Madame Rentz's Female Minstrels began around 1870 and began going by the name Rentz Santley Burlesque Company around 1879.
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image
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1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 47.31 x 70.49 cm (18 5/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
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