The beautiful spotted negro boy / Richardson's New Theatre.

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[between 1810 and 1813?]
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The beautiful spotted negro boy / Richardson's New Theatre. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Poster advertising appearances at Richardson's New Theatre by George Alexander Gratton, or "the beautiful spotted negro boy" a boy who had piebaldism, a skin pigmentation disorder producing patches of black and white over the body. He is shown with a bow and arrows. Printed by Romney, Lambeth, London.

Publication/Creation

[between 1810 and 1813?]
Lambeth, [London] : Romney, [between 1810 and 1813?]

Physical description

1 sheet : black and white illustration, portrait ; 50 x 16 cm

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