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Life in Philadelphia. Plate 3. ''How you find yourself dis hot Weader Miss Chloe?'' / ''Pretty well I tank you Mr Cesar only I aspire too much.
Eng.d by Cha.s Hunt [after Edward William Clay].
London, Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St Soho Sq.re. [n.d., c.1832.]
Fine coloured aquatint, very large margins. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½").
A satire from an English edition of Edward William Clay's 'Life in Philadelphia', with two black Philadelphians, both over-dressed à la mode, discuss the weather. Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints ten were satires on the black populace (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), which did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, they inspired these copies, published in London.
[Ref: 55386] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Eng.d by Cha.s Hunt [after Edward William Clay].
London, Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St Soho Sq.re. [n.d., c.1832.]
Fine coloured aquatint, very large margins. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½").
A satire from an English edition of Edward William Clay's 'Life in Philadelphia', with two black Philadelphians, both over-dressed à la mode, discuss the weather. Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints ten were satires on the black populace (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), which did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, they inspired these copies, published in London.
[Ref: 55386] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[An manuscript promissory note with the autograph of Lindley Murray, Quaker grammarian]](jpegs/55319.jpg)
[An manuscript promissory note with the autograph of Lindley Murray, Quaker grammarian] Exch. £45 - Holdgate near York, 4th of 7th month, 1825. At sight, please pay to Wilson, Tweedy & Co., or their order, Forty five pounds, due to me from [old paper patch obscuring text] Lindley Murray.
Ink mss. promissory note. Sheet 85 x 190mm (3¼ x 7½"). Slightly trimmed, laid on album paper, old clipping pasted over edge, mounted on album paper with steel-engraved portrait with matching facsimile signature.
Lindley Murray (1745-1826), a Pennsylvania-born Quaker who, after a success law career, retired to Holdgate (near York, England) for the sake of his health (1784). There, noticing a lack of suitable lesson-books for a Friends' school for girls, he wrote 'English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners' (1795). Published both in England and America, running through nearly 50 editions and becoming the predominant grammar schoolbook. His 'English Reader' (1799) was described by Abraham Lincoln as 'the best schoolbook ever put in the hands of an American youth'. Wilson, Tweedy & Co. were country bankers of High Ousegate, York.
[Ref: 55319] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Ink mss. promissory note. Sheet 85 x 190mm (3¼ x 7½"). Slightly trimmed, laid on album paper, old clipping pasted over edge, mounted on album paper with steel-engraved portrait with matching facsimile signature.
Lindley Murray (1745-1826), a Pennsylvania-born Quaker who, after a success law career, retired to Holdgate (near York, England) for the sake of his health (1784). There, noticing a lack of suitable lesson-books for a Friends' school for girls, he wrote 'English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners' (1795). Published both in England and America, running through nearly 50 editions and becoming the predominant grammar schoolbook. His 'English Reader' (1799) was described by Abraham Lincoln as 'the best schoolbook ever put in the hands of an American youth'. Wilson, Tweedy & Co. were country bankers of High Ousegate, York.
[Ref: 55319] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
West Indies, agreeable to the most approved Maps and Charts, Mr. Kitchin.
[engraved by Thomas Kitchin.]
[London, c.1785.]
Engraved map. 350 x 385mm (13¾ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Original folds, repaired tear in left margin, some slight staining in margins, some areas weakly inked.
A map of the West Indies, with a decorative title cartouches featuring aEuropean merchants and a slave. Originally published in 'Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography'.
[Ref: 55318] £220.00
[engraved by Thomas Kitchin.]
[London, c.1785.]
Engraved map. 350 x 385mm (13¾ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Original folds, repaired tear in left margin, some slight staining in margins, some areas weakly inked.
A map of the West Indies, with a decorative title cartouches featuring aEuropean merchants and a slave. Originally published in 'Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography'.
[Ref: 55318] £220.00