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Lantum Ethiopian Serenaders, c1840s. Illustration of a minstrel show group advertising their performance at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. A minstrel show was an American form of racist entertainment developed in the early 19th century. Each show consisted of 'comic' skits, variety acts, dancing, and music performances that depicted stereotypes of people of African descent. The shows were mostly performed by white people in make-up or 'blackface', for the purpose of demeaning and dehumanising African Americans.

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Date

1840

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A13_426

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

32,0Mo (2,3Mo) / 31,9cm x 25,2cm / 3764 x 2976 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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