Beschreibung:

Printed broadside, 10.75 x 30.5 in. A troupe of African American performers gleefully dance and play for an imagined audience on top of the illustrated broadside promoting the Carncross and Dixeys Minstrels show. Advertised performances that intended to entice the public included: The School for Scandal!; Mary Warner's performance of Or, the Troublesome Lovers; a glimpse of the Chinese Giant, Ka-foozle-em; as well as other musical and comedic acts. This broadside descended directly in the family of Peter Marks, a harpist that worked in the minstrel show circuit, ca 1860-1863. A portion of Peter Marks Minstrelsy Collection is housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Provenance: Descended Directly in the Family of Peter Marks, Minstrel Show Harpist, 1860-1863 Condition: Brittleness on the outer margins with a few tears.