Donavin's Original Tennesseans slave cabin singers. – Antique Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Donavin's Original Tennesseans slave cabin singers.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Donavin's Original Tennesseans slave cabin singers.
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Donavin's Original Tennesseans was billed on this lithograph as performing its fifth annual tour, with 118 consecutive concerts in New York and Brooklyn. The poster pairs that claim with individual portraits of the performers, signed by F. Friedlein, Fleming, or the Photo Engraving Company of New York. Its subject headings place the troupe within the minstrel tradition, in which Black performers were often presented through white-devised stage conventions, so the sheet works as both an advertisement and a record of how such acts were marketed. The title's "slave cabin singers" reflects the plantation imagery these shows relied on, and the Tennessee gallery board refers to the troupe's name rather than to where it performed.
| Created / published | [187-?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, b&w ; 65 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | Theatrical posters American.Portrait prints.Lithographs. |
| Notes | At head of title: Fifth annual tour, 118 consecutive concerts in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. Individual portraits signed by: F. Friedlein, Fleming, or Photo Eng. Co., N.Y. |
| Subjects | Donavin's Original Tennesseans. African Americans--Performances & portrayals. Minstrel shows. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,782 × 4,716 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222333 |
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