Image of a central image of a horse-drawn cart with a driver and two male passengers on a rural country road with a hay bale and cabin in the background, surrounded by nine vignettes of full-length portraits of performers including a female performer in a formal gown singing from sheet music, a man dressed as Uncle Sam with a carpet bag, a male minstrel performer dancing in blackface, and a young boy; the vignettes are set against a background of green clover; the poster advertises Howorth's Hibernica Comedy Company. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general printer history. "Armstrong & Co. Lith. / Boston Mass"--text, lower left.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 75.57 x 57.15 cm (29 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works Comedies Minstrel shows Musical entertainments Theatrical productions Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Howorth’s Hibernica Comedy Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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