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The William W. Larsen Memorial Library
Richard Potter – America’s First Black Celebrity
Author/Editor: Hodgson, John A.
w/dust jacket
Foreword (Henry Louis Gates Jr.)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Hopkinton Years 1783-1795
The Boston Years and Europe 1795-1803
The Apprentice Years and Early Career 1804-1815
Ascent to Fame 1815-1819
The Grand North American Tour 1819-1923
Return to New England 1824-1835
Afterword: Hiding in Plain Sight
Appendix A. Richard Potter’s Exhibitions: A Chronology
Appendix B. Notes on the Illustrated Broadsides and the Stereoview
Appendic C. The Potter Mythography
Notes
Bibliography
Index