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BILLY KERSANDS, CALLENDER'S (GEORGIA) MINSTRELS: LITHOGRAPH POSTER, BUFFORDS LITH., BOSTON late 19th century Lithograph advertising poster features an exaggerated portrait of Billy Kersands, an African-American comedian and dancer who was the most popular black comedian of his day, best known for his work in blackface minstrelsy. The poster promoted Callender's Georgia Minstrels, a troupe Charles Callender purchased and renamed after it returned from an English tour in 1872. It bears the printer's mark "Buffords Lith. Boston" in the lower corner. Unframed. Plate: 17.5 x 12.5 inches (approx); sheet: 21 x 14 inches
$200-300

Sold for $325

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