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Dorchester Serenaders, (painting). Artist:  Pope, Alexander, 1849-1924, painter. Title:  Dorchester Serenaders, (painting). Dates:  1877. Medium:  Watercolor. Dimensions:  19 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (cm. 48.9 x 64.8) Inscription:  (Upper center, each name in its own box:) EPH. SMITH./J. EDWARDS./SIG. GAZELLE./TALLMAN./WILLIAMS./SIG. EL PASO./M. SKEETER./MR. JOHNSON./GANGOOLY./BRIGNOLI./BAKER./RILEY. HARTSHORN./HIGGINS./HALL./C. PETTENGILL/POMP. SNOW. (Lower center:) DORCHESTER SERENADERS./LYCEUM HALL/1877. (Lower right:) A.Pope.Jr. signed Description:  Fifteen black men are seated in chairs on a stage and one is standing behind them on the right side. Some are holding or playing musical instruments. Behind the men is a large mural or stage set depicting a landscape. The stage is bordered on each side, and at top and bottom, by two sets of twigs or tree limbs. Within the border at top are inscriptions of the names of the portrait sitters, each name on a separate piece of what appears to be wood, hanging from two lengths of rope suspended from the tree limbs. The upper center section of the top border is missing, and in its place are a violin and a tambourine. A framed portrait of a black man is hanging in front of the lower center section of the top border. Within the border at bottom is the title, place, and date inscription. Within the side borders are figures performing various vaudeville acts. Subject:  Portrait group Ethnic -- African American Performing Arts -- Music Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer Architecture interior -- Civic -- Theater Architecture interior -- Civic -- Lyceum Hall Object -- Musical Instrument -- Violin Object -- Musical Instrument -- Tambourine Object -- Art Object -- Painting Portrait male -- Smith, Eph. -- Full length Portrait male -- Edwards, J. -- Full length Portrait male -- Gazelle, Sig. -- Full length Portrait male -- Tallman -- Full length Portrait male -- Williams -- Full length Portrait male -- El Paso, Sig. -- Full length Portrait male -- Skeeter, M. -- Full length Portrait male -- Johnson, -- Full length Portrait male -- Gangooly -- Full length Portrait male -- Brignoli -- Full length Portrait male -- Baker -- Full length Portrait male -- Hartshorn, Riley -- Full length Portrait male -- Higgins -- Full length Portrait male -- Hall -- Full length Portrait male -- Pettengill, C. -- Full length Portrait male -- Snow, Pomp. -- Full length Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Victor D. Spark, 1000 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10028 References:  Owner, 1974. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 61200008   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 61200008 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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