(BLACK MEMORABILIA) Ten Little Niggers

Sale 1961 - Lot 137

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

(BLACK MEMORABILIA.) Ten Little Niggers. Group of 10 chromolithographed diecuts showing well-dressed young boys in a series of adventures each ending with the removal of one boy. The diecuts are joined to each other in a long roll in the form of a panorama, with captions beneath each, 4x70 1/2 inches overall, with each diecut imagte measuring approximately 6 inches; one boy lacking his head in one scene, a few small scattered nicks at edges, few archival repairs on verso. London: (possibly Raphael Tuck & Sons), 1880s or 1890s

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Possibly manufactured by Tuck, but without his characteristic easel insignia. May also have been produced in Germany.
Not intended as a panorama, but issued in that format. Each scene was meant to be separated and the parts mounted into a scrap album. What is unusual about the depictions of the boys is that they are all well-dressed and wear a different outfit in each adventure. In fact, when the boys appear "In Chancery" they are dressed in barrister's tails. The depiction of the boys in such fine dress is highly unusual and possibly unique to the "Little Niggers" genre.