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<p>2 small posters (hand dated 24 August and 29 August 1853) advertising appearances by a group of singing and dancing Zulu kafirs at the St. George's Gallery, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly, London. Printed by Crozier & Mullin, Silver Street, Golden Square, London. The text varies slightly ("Last few days of the Zulu Kafirs in London", "The last week of the Zulu Kafirs, in London"). Pasted onto a sheet of paper with 12 newspaper clippings about them (17 August 1853 - 15 May 1854) and later appearances at the Strand Theatre and the City of London Theatre.</p>

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