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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9469738, member: 8267&quot;]There seems to be a family of similar &quot;Minstrel Boys&quot; - </p><p><br /></p><p>This one looks legitimately 19th century, marked D.B., LBC and DA, &quot;possibly by Pierre Charles Dutreuil Barjon&quot;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442794[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://caseantiques.com/item/lot-198-black-americana-figure-poss-dutreuil-barjon-new-orleans/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://caseantiques.com/item/lot-198-black-americana-figure-poss-dutreuil-barjon-new-orleans/" rel="nofollow">https://caseantiques.com/item/lot-198-black-americana-figure-poss-dutreuil-barjon-new-orleans/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one described as 19th century, and &quot;Possibly carved by &quot;Dutreuil Barjon, Jr.&quot;. Marked DB II, and S Y (or L S):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442795[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/rare_and_fine_folk_art_carving_of_a_minstrel_boy_-lot455037.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/rare_and_fine_folk_art_carving_of_a_minstrel_boy_-lot455037.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/rare_and_fine_folk_art_carving_of_a_minstrel_boy_-lot455037.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is described as 20th century, and marked only with an A:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442796[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/77532387_folk-art-carving-of-a-black-american-minstrel-boy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/77532387_folk-art-carving-of-a-black-american-minstrel-boy" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/77532387_folk-art-carving-of-a-black-american-minstrel-boy</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The last 2 clearly have some similarities with the one [USER=8743]@Upyerkillt[/USER] has posted. None seem to have solid connections to Dutreuil Barjon, father or son, who were cabinetmakers in 19th century New Orleans, other than the initials. Without more information, I think the relationship between them all will be a mystery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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