French baritone opera singer Jean-Baptiste Faure as African chief Nelusco in Giacomo Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, Opera de Paris, 1865. In blackface wearing turban, tunic, shawl and sandals. Lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's Male Costumes, Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates, London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher.

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