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[Five plates from ''The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw: Or, Scenes on the Mississippi''.]
Drawn & Etched by A. Hervieu.
[London: Richard Bentley, 1836.]
Five engravings (of fifteen). Each sheet c. 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Bottom edges frayed by binding damage.
Five plates from Frances Milton Trollope's searing indictment of slavery in the Southern states of America, written from personal observations made during a stay in America (1827-31), including a journey from New Orleans up the Mississippi to Nashoba, Tennessee, and Cincinatti. The artist, Auguste Hervieu, accompanied them. The book was published fifteen years before ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. Frances's fourth son was Anthony Trollope, author of the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'.
[Ref: 51287] £300.00
[The Life and Adventures of John Jefferson Whitlaw or Scenes on the Mississippi] A Billiard Table at New Orleans.
Drawn & Etched by A. Hervieu.
[London: Richard Bentley, 1836.]
Etching. Sheet 115 x 195mm (4½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, binding marks at bottom.
A group of men in a billiards room. An illustration from Frances Trollope's 'The Life and Adventures of John Jefferson Whitlaw or Scenes on the Mississippi', a novel based on her experiences travelling to New Orleans, up the Mississippi to Nashoba, Tennessee and Cincinatti, Ohio. The first anti-slavery novel, it was an influence on Harriet Beecher Stowe.
[Ref: 67867] £85.00
(£102.00 incl.VAT)
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