Boston minstrels. The celebrated Ethiopian melodies ... – Vintage Print
![Boston minstrels. The celebrated Ethiopian melodies ..., New York : published by C.G. Christman, [between 1830(?) and 1860(?)] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1f/1f7732848100-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Boston minstrels. The celebrated Ethiopian melodies ..., preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Boston minstrels. The celebrated Ethiopian melodies ...
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The title promises "the celebrated Ethiopian melodies" of Boston minstrels, and the sheet music cover ties the image to the popular blackface stage of the mid-nineteenth century. Minstrel troupes used "Ethiopian" as a label for their acts, which cast white performers in burnt-cork makeup as caricatured Black characters. Publisher C.G. Christman of New York issued the lithograph, and its subjects, dandies and minstrel shows, point to a stage style that shaped popular music and humor for decades. Today the imagery is a record of racist entertainment, and it is valuable mainly as evidence of how that culture was marketed.
| Created / published | New York : published by C.G. Christman, [between 1830(?) and 1860(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Caricatures 1830-1860.Sheet music covers 1830-1860.Lithographs 1830-1860. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1830-1860. Dandies--1830-1860. Minstrel shows--1830-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,263 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-186225 |
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