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John F. Byrnes & Miss Helene crayon artists & grotesque comedians : Reilly & Woods J.F. Byrnes Comedy & Specialty Co

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Title: John F. Byrnes & Miss Helene crayon artists & grotesque comedians : Reilly & Woods J.F. Byrnes Comedy & Specialty Co
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1880
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a caricature of a blackface performer, presumably John Byrnes, jumping in the air before a drawing board while a female performer, presumably Miss Helene, stands to the right and holds a fan; registration marks in margins.
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on an 1885 newspaper article describing Reilly & Wood's Specialty Company and includes the act of "J. F. Byrnes and Miss Helene" ("Amusements: A Good Specialty Show" in the Detroit Free Press, 1 December 1885, page 8). "J.F. Byrnes"--text, signature in stone, lower left of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 50.8 x 38.1 cm (20 x 15 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000497
387671
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1792
Language: English
Subject: African Americans--Performances & portrayals
African Americans--Pictorial works
Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works
Caricatures and cartoons
Comedians--Pictorial works
Minstrel shows
Reilly & Wood's Comedy & Specialty Company
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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000505

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