Romeo & Juliet / W.S. C. Hunt, sc.
Derogatory lampoon depicting an African American couple in the balcony scene from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." "Romeo," wearing an Elizabethan costume including a plumed red hat and cape, holds his right hand over his heart. "Juliet" observes from the balcony.; Inscribed in lower margin: ROMEO._How silber sweet, sounds lubbers tongues by night; like sorptest music to attending ears. JULIET._Dou know'st de mask ob night is on my face, else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek.
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