Image of an African American woman, dressed in a ball gown, center stage surrounded by a court of formally dressed men bowing to her with an orchestra in the balcony behind; vignette of a small head-and-shoulders profile portrait of show proprietor Al G. Field at top left. 5434 / Copyright 1907 by / The Courier Co. / of Buffalo"--text, bottom right corner of image. "1798"--text, bottom right margin. "22nd / year"--text, right of title.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 73.03 x 107 cm (28 3/4 x 42 1/8 in.)
Field, Al. G. (Alfred Griffith), 1848-1921--Portraits African American women--Pictorial works African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works Minstrel shows Theatrical producers and directors--Portraits Al G. Field Minstrels Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (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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