Image of a caricature of a couple in blackface riding on a tandem bicycle in formal dress and large hats; date sheet for shows at Albert Hall in Nottingham, England, printed in top margin. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on month and day in item text and similar text in newspaper advertisements. "Albert Hall, / Nottingham. For Six Nights and Two Matinees. / Commencing Monday, March 21st ... Agent in advance ... Mr. W. T. Martin-Comstock. Acting Manager ... Mr. Tom Mowbray"--text, printed date sheet at top right. "2198"--text, bottom right. "Stafford & Co. Netherfield Nottm."--text, bottom right. "18/36"--text, in pencil, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 51.12 x 38.74 cm (20 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works Bicycles--Pictorial works Caricatures and cartoons Minstrel shows Foreign Moore and Burgess Minstrels Albert Hall Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--England. (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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