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“The Colored Grenadier”

Added by Unknown 1684 on Jan 31st, 2021

Date

1879

Credits

  • Johnny Carroll   Performer

Format

  • Poster  2149

Type of Work

  • Finished work  5628

Clients

  • White Smith & Company Boston

Locations Made

  • Boston  63
"Portrayals of Negro soldier as dandies perpetuated the early 'Zip Coon' image that ridiculed ludicrous free Negroes and effete white fops." (Blacking Up)

Tags

  • minstrel
  • minstrelsy
  • theater
  • theatre
  • black representation
  • soldier
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Negro
“The Colored Grenadier” 1
Source: book scan from Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America by Robert C. Toll. Oxford University Press, 1974, p122 simpler image from Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Colored_Grenadier.jpg
“The Colored Grenadier” 2
Source: book scan from Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America by Robert C. Toll. Oxford University Press, 1974, p122 simpler image from Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Colored_Grenadier.jpg
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