Item Number: P655
Title: Way down in Dixie
Date: 1895
Artist: Eugene De Compe
Size: Sheet 9"x16.5", outer dimensions of frame, 15.5"x23.5"
Comments: Wonderful and rare chromolithograph image of 5 black youths, this was published as a Sunday Supplement of the New York Recorder in April 7, 1895. Great example of 19th Century black imagery in America. (SCROLL DOWN to see the full framed image)
Price: $550
Condition: Excellent, great color, this is archivally matted and framed in a turn of the century oak frame with its original stain finish and gold detailing. Truly a showpiece, the only specimen I have ever seen.