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“The Colored Grenadier”

Added by Unknown 1685 on Jan 31st, 2021

Date

1879

Credits

Johnny Carroll Performer

Format

Poster 1686

Type of Work

Finished work 5481

Clients

White Smith & Company Boston

Locations Made

Boston 44

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

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“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