Image of caricatures of two minstrel performers, presumably the comedians William Petrie and Fred Fish, each in blackface and bent over taking a bow with a leg in the air; registration marks in margins. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on an 1885 newspaper article describing Reilly & Wood's Specialty Company and includes the acts "J.F. Byrnes" and "Petrie and Fish, break-neck cork artists" ("Amusements: A Good Specialty Show" in the Detroit Free Press, 1 December 1885, page 8). "J.F. Byrne's"--text, lower left, signature in stone.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 50.8 x 38.1 cm (20 x 15 in.)
Petrie and Fish--Pictorial works Fish, Fred C., -1900--Pictorial works Petrie, William O., 1855-1901--Pictorial works African Americans--Performances & portrayals Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works Caricatures and cartoons Comedians--Pictorial works Minstrel shows Reilly & Wood's Comedy & Specialty Company Petrie and Fish 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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