McNish, Ramza & Arno’s Refined Minstrels : two great cards Ted Francis Geo. B. Leslie
Description
Image of a full-length caricature portrait of singer and composer Ted Francis standing next to Irish comedian George B. Leslie in blackface near theater curtains and a potted palm tree; with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Leslie at upper right.
Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of minstrel performer Billy Beard in blackface, with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Beard in formal dress at upper right.
Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of minstrel performer George Wilson in blackface wearing a white suit with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Wilson in formal dress in an oval frame at lower left and captioned "Geo. Wilson."
Image of a full-length portrait of minstrel show performer Carroll Johnson standing in formal dress in a theater lobby with a sign for his performance and four portraits of blackface minstrel characters with three captioned "Uncle Jeff," Pretty Little Kate," and "Man Wreck Oh" hanging on the wall behind him.
Image of a central image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of minstrel performer Neil O’Brien in formal dress, surrounded by an upper left image of a group portrait of an orchestra, with members in blackface, seated outdoors with their musical instruments and a plantation-style mansion in the background, and a lower right image of a group portrait of a male minstrel troupe in blackface posing next to blackface performers playing a dice game; with a sketch of an African American family dancing to banjo music in front of a rural cabin at lower left and a sketch of steamships coming into a port with cargo on the docks at upper right.
Image of minstrel musicians in blackface dressed in formal suits and sitting with their musical instruments on a curtained stage; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor Z. W. Sprague at top centered with four corner vignettes of minstrel performers consisting of a man gesturing at top left, a man dancing at top right, a man in a hobo costume holding an umbrella and jumping at bottom right, and two men in hobo costumes playing a banjo and tambourine at bottom left.
