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Antique Statue Gallery.
A. Ducôte's Lithogy. 70, St. Martins Lane. A. Hervieu delt.
[n.d. c.1840]
Lithograph. 190 x 114mm. 7½ x 4½".
[Ref: 15108] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Mathew orama for 1827. or Cockney Gleanings Ain't that a good un now?
Aug.te Hervieu. A. Ducote's Litho.y.
[n.d., c.1827.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 210 x 255mm (8¼ x 10"). Split in lower centre fold.
The actor Charles Mathews (1776 - 1835) playing all 16 of the characters in a Royal Academy exhibition, for his 1827 'monodrama' entertainment, including a connoisseur looking through a box viewer. Each character is captioned below the image, with an accompanying quotation. By Thomas Howell Jones (1824 - 1848; fl.) from a series of 'Mathew-oramas'. Not in BM.
[Ref: 58398] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
The Mathew-orama for 1824 or "Pretty Considerable d__d particular" Tit Bits from America - being all well at Natchitoches.
Augte. Hervieu delt. A. Ducote Lithoy.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph, sheet 222 x 264mm. Vertical centrefold, mounted to album page.
The actor Charles Mathews (1776 - 1835) in 14 of his American characters as played at the Lyceum for his 1824 'monodrama' entertainment ‘The Trip To America’. Under each character is lettered a quotation. Copied from the 1824 etching of the same title by Thomas Howell Jones, with minor differences in the image. Mathews enjoyed great acclaim during his 1822 -3 trip to America, though his impersonations of types of Americans were not well received when performed in the US in 1831. By Thomas Howell Jones (1824 - 1848; fl.) from a series of 'Mathew-oramas'. See stock number 7803 (BM Satires: 14714). Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7857] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[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
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