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    Blackwell Auctions selling scarce 1850s lithograph of Black musician

    Artist’s depiction of African-American man unusual for the period. CLEARWATER, FLA.- On September 12, Blackwell Auctions is offering an antebellum lithograph of an African-American musician. The original, titled “The Bone Player,” was painted by New York artist William Sidney Mount (American, 1807-1868) in 1856, only a few short years before the Civil War…

    Blackwell Auctions selling scarce 1850s lithograph of Black musician