Lithographic broadside: Blind Tom, The Musical Prodigy
Philadelphia: Ledger Job Printing, N.d. (ca 1860s). First Edition. An exceedingly uncommon early portrait of the celebrated African-American musical savant, apparently based on the 1865 photographic portrait by W.E. Germon. The image depicts a young Tom Wiggins (ca. 17 years old) seated beside an ornate piano in his customary costume..... More