James H. Wallick's Bandit King Co.

Lyons, Fred · n.d.

This colored print is a stereotypical depiction of composer and lyricist Fred Lyons as "Old Bob," seated in a bar and playing a banjo with a donkey named "Calamity Jane" braying at his side. Fred Lyons was a popular 19th Century African American minstrel entertainer who composed many songs including "Paint All De Little Black Sinners White" and “Dem Chickens Roost too High,” published in 1887.