Image of a central image of minstrel clog dancers Sam Howe and Patrick Doyle (also known as Patsy Doyle or Patsey Doyle) dancing on a stage with a black cherub holding leaf crowns over their heads, with two side panels showing Howe and Doyle as children climbing under theater curtains at left, and dancing before a male teacher disciplining with a whip at right; framed head-and-shoulders portraits of minstrel show proprietors J.H. Haverly and W.S. Cleveland at upper left and Howe and Doyle at upper right. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general show history; Cleveland became manager of Haverly's Minstrels in 1887 and newspaper advertisements for the show advertise Howe and Doyle in 1887 and 1888. "The / Courier / Lith. Co. / Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom left corner. "The J.H. Haverly / & / W.S. Cleveland / Efforts / Combined"--text, left edge. "The Criterions of All Terpsichorean Artists, Standing Preeminent & Alone. Crowned / Kings of Dancers! Positively the Greatest Dancers on Earth. $5000 Challenge Open to the World."--text, bottom margin.
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image
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1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 80.65 x 115.57 cm (31 3/4 x 45 1/2 in.)
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