WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

32 19th Century 65 1855-1913. Carlow GasWorks archive. Includes Deeds of Settlement booklet published 1855, Memorandum and Articles of Association 1900, Reports of Directors for submission to shareholders 1903, 1905, and 1906, Indentures, correspondence and receipts. (20 items) Condition: Very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 65 66 1855 Great Industrial Exhibition Dublin, and late 19th century Richard Carmichael medals. (2) Both struck in bronze: the first by Woodhouse, 45mm, with bust of William Dargan, reverse showing the exhibition pavilions; second by Fagan, 40mm, with bust of Carmichael obverse. Condition: About very fine, and good very fine. Estimate €80-€100 (approx £70-£90) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 66 68 1859 (1 August) Playbill on silk for a racist entertainment including the “Charleston Coloured Opera Troop” at Carrick-on- Shannon The entertainment, at the Courthouse, Carrick, appears to be played by “minstrels” or “white coons” as they were known - white men blacked up. The show is advertised as “Under the distinguished patronage of Lieutenant Colonel Clements and Major Forbes of The Leitrim Rifles. the racist tone continues in the cast list: “Sambo, a servant, a genius of the black species” and “Comic Song - She’s Black”. The cast consists mainly of local families - the Pearsons, Hortons and Ackermans. Framed. 15 by 8in. (38.1 by 20.3cm) Condition: Silk laid down to card, a few holes, creasing, very good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 68