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Leporello 'booklet' about the 10 little negroes. Consists of 6 sheets, each with (front sheet 1, other sheets 2) pictures, spread out about 71 cm. form. The pictures (chromos) are die-cut and look like poetry pictures for scrap books (same gloss and embossing), each with one line of text on the front. Also known in French version: "Dix Petits Négrillons". Number on last chromo: No. 814. The well-known scenes are depicted: Negro eating too much, drowning, being stung by bees, cutting himself through with an ax, dying of grief, being eaten by a bear, getting heatstroke, etc. The negroes wear the red and blue and white striped clothing that you also find in the XKN booklets at the end of the 19th century. Estimated date: around 1900. Publisher Raphael Tuck & Sons was based in London, Paris and New York. Often given to customers as advertising free of charge.
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