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Natives of the Caribee Islands feasting on Human Flesh. Enraved for Moore's Voyages and Travels.
[n.d. c.1778]
Engraving, sheet 280 x 160mm (11 x 6½"). Time stained
Frontispiece of British cartographer, John Hamilton Moore's (1738-1807), 'Voyages and Travels,' 1778. A misrepresentation of the indigenous people of Saint Kitts and Nevis that perpetuates the European myth of Kalinago cannibalism, depicting them with devil’s horns.
[Ref: 68989] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1778]
Engraving, sheet 280 x 160mm (11 x 6½"). Time stained
Frontispiece of British cartographer, John Hamilton Moore's (1738-1807), 'Voyages and Travels,' 1778. A misrepresentation of the indigenous people of Saint Kitts and Nevis that perpetuates the European myth of Kalinago cannibalism, depicting them with devil’s horns.
[Ref: 68989] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![John B. Gough [facsimile signature].](jpegs/67837.jpg)
John B. Gough [facsimile signature].
Painted by Daniel Macnee, S.R.A. Engraved by Edward Burton 1855. Edinburgh. Printed by Macglashon & Wilding.
Published by the Scottish Temperance League, 108 Hope Street, Glasgow.
Scarce mezzotint, 555 x 375mm (21¾ x 14¾"). Narrow margins.
A full length portrait of American Temperance orator John Bartholomew Gough (1817-86), pointing at a water glass on a table, arm theatrically thrown across his chest. Gough was born in Kent but was sent to America aged twelve. He became a drunk but managed to redeem himself. Of a theatrical bent, he began earning money from entertaining audiences with stories of his experiences of the evils of drink, becoming popular. The portrait was painted during Gough's first return to England (1853-5), invited by the London Temperance League, during which time he associated with the artist and abstainer George Cruikshank and addressed the Oxford Union.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Daniel Macnee, S.R.A. Engraved by Edward Burton 1855. Edinburgh. Printed by Macglashon & Wilding.
Published by the Scottish Temperance League, 108 Hope Street, Glasgow.
Scarce mezzotint, 555 x 375mm (21¾ x 14¾"). Narrow margins.
A full length portrait of American Temperance orator John Bartholomew Gough (1817-86), pointing at a water glass on a table, arm theatrically thrown across his chest. Gough was born in Kent but was sent to America aged twelve. He became a drunk but managed to redeem himself. Of a theatrical bent, he began earning money from entertaining audiences with stories of his experiences of the evils of drink, becoming popular. The portrait was painted during Gough's first return to England (1853-5), invited by the London Temperance League, during which time he associated with the artist and abstainer George Cruikshank and addressed the Oxford Union.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67837] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Edgar Allan Poe.
Henri Lefort 1894.
[n.d. c.1894.]
A very scarce etching, proof before all letters. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins. Uncut.
A half-length portrait of American romantic author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), engraved by Henri-Émile Lefort (1852-1916) after the famous daguerreotype by Samuel W. Hartshorn. Around the plate are remarques of a demon and ravens.
[Ref: 69024] £380.00
Henri Lefort 1894.
[n.d. c.1894.]
A very scarce etching, proof before all letters. 345 x 240mm (13½ x 9½"), large margins. Uncut.
A half-length portrait of American romantic author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), engraved by Henri-Émile Lefort (1852-1916) after the famous daguerreotype by Samuel W. Hartshorn. Around the plate are remarques of a demon and ravens.
[Ref: 69024] £380.00