(MUSIC) Mr Arthur Roberts

Sale 2204 - Lot 333

Price Realized: $ 240

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500

(MUSIC.) Mr. Arthur Roberts. Mounted albumen photograph, 4-1/4x3-1/2 inches on a larger mount (7x5-1/2 inches) with a caption quote from Hamlet "What should a Man do but be Merry." Np, circa 1890s

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Depicts a smiling African-American--or Anglo-African--gentleman dressed as a leprechaun with all sorts of good-luck charms hung around his neck and wearing a fancy top-hat. We have been unable to find any reference to the gentleman in this photo in any of the standard references for actors, entertainers and musicians--white or black.