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Grand opening of Cleveland, Gorman and Bayard's minstrels at Washington.
1895
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 31/Drawer 11/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists G-O GA 2012.02692
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1895]
- People
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- Author
- Gillam, Bernard, 1856-1896
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Minstrel shows—Washington (D.C)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Blackface entertainers—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Cleveland, W. S.—Caricatures and cartoons
- Washington (D.C.)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
- Presidents—United States—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gorman, Arthur P. (Arthur Pue), 1839-1906—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Grand opening of Cleveland, Gorman and Bayard's minstrels at Washington.
- Call Number
- A Middle 31/Drawer 11/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists G-O GA 2012.02692
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcmw22vj72j
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1895]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1895
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 41 x 57.3 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Lithographs, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Interior filled with seated politicians, each wearing blackface. Cleveland (also in blackface) dances at center of room.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Gillam".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Sackett & Wihelms Litho. Co. N.Y.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Minstrel shows—Washington (D.C)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Blackface entertainers—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Cleveland, W. S.—Caricatures and cartoons
- Washington (D.C.)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
- Presidents—United States—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898—Caricatures and cartoons
- Gorman, Arthur P. (Arthur Pue), 1839-1906—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b675a523-6aa1-464d-a81c-b561bfb6053f/manifest