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Sat, Nov 18, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 19, 2017 11:00AM EST
Lot 388

Lot of Nineteenth Century Prints of African Entertainers.

Estimate: $300 - $400

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Lot of Nineteenth Century Prints of African Entertainers. V.p. second half nineteenth century. Including letterpress flyer for “Farini’s Friendly Zulus,” an 1863 South African circus program featuring Mons. Pico, The African Wonder,” together with various prints featuring African curiosities, including a little “picaninny and his pony,” “Savage South Africa,” an 1879 political print referring to Farini’s Zulus, a “Negro Festival,” “The Coloured Opera Troupe,” “Negro Minstrels,” “Ethiopian Serenaders,” “The Carolina Twins” Millie and Christine, “Wild Indian Show” centerfold, “Lualla, The Abyssinian Snake Charmer,” hand colored print, and others. Good.

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