Minstrel blocks

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Princeton’s graphic arts collection holds a large box marked only “Minstrel blocks,” containing woodblocks cut to illustrated a nineteenth-century story. We have not been able to identify the artist or the book. If you have a clue, please drop us a note or attach the answer here. Thank you.

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