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The Booroom Slave.
H. Thomson, R.A., del.t E. Finden sculp.t
[Pub. by R. Ackermann, 1828.]
Steel engraving sheet 110 x 75mm (4 x 3"). Trimmed inside platemark, losing publication line and glued to backing sheet.
Young slave kneeling in prayer, from an 1827 painting by Henry Thomson. This print was published in the 'Forget Me Not' of 1828, where it was accompanied by a short story, 'The Booroom Slave', by the Sarah Bowditch, wife of African traveler Thomas Edward Bowditch. Bowditch's story described the plight of Inna, an African chief's daughter abducted by slave traders of Bowditch's story. The same image was subsequently used as the frontispiece for the first antislavery book published in the United States, Lydia Maria Child's 'An Appeal in Favour of That Class of Americans Called Africans'. The popularity of the image can be seen from its later use in banners in other abolitionist materials in the US. Early state before text altered. For more information, see: Jo-Ann Morgan, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture'; William Dillon Pierson, 'Black Legacy: America's Hidden Heritage'; and particularly Jill Rappoport, 'Giving Women: Alli
[Ref: 63746] £95.00
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View of the S.E. End of the Southernmost of Prince Leopold's Islands.
Drawn by H.N.Head. Engraved by E.Finden.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Coloured engraving. 150 x 220mm, 6 x 8¾".
[Ref: 11799] £75.00
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Ariosto's House. In the Street Mirasole, in Ferrara.
Etched by E. Finden.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Etching, very rare. 90 x 126mm (3½ x 5"). Some creasing.
The house of Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), the Italian poet in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. He was best known as the author of the romance epic 'Orlando Furioso' (1516), which describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens.
[Ref: 30938] £45.00
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Castles of Monaco. On the Mediterranean.
J.D. Harding pinx.t E. Finden sculp.
Printed by J. Rogers. [n.d. c.1860.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 128 x 203mm (5 x 8").
A view of the Prince's Palace of Monaco, situated on the Rock of Monaco, the tall monolith on the Mediterranean coast. The palace was built in 1191 as a Genoese fortress, during its long and often dramatic history it has been bombarded and besieged by many powers.
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Chas Wm Wall [facsimile.] From an original portrait of the Vice Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, presented to him by his former pupils in the year 1849.
C. Smith pinxit. E. Finden sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1849.]
Engraving. 247 x 152mm (9¾ x 6").
Reverend Charles William Wall (1780-1862), spent all of his adult life at Trinity College Dublin. He entered TCD in 1795, graduated B.A. in 1800, M.A. in 1805 and D.D. in 1820. He was elected a fellow of the college in 1805, took holy orders and was elected a senior fellow in 1824. He held the post of professor of Hebrew and oriental languages 1824-49 and in 1825 he was elected a life member of the R.D.S. He served as vice-provost of TCD from 1847 to 1862.
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James Watt [facsimile signature.]
E. Finden, sculpt.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Stipple on india laid paper, 280 x 225mm. 11 x 9".
James Watt (1736 - 1819), engineer, a profile view of the sculptured bust by Sir Francis Chantrey (1782 - 1841). A mechanical engineer who trained as a mathematical instrument-maker, James Watt invented the condensing steam-engine in 1765. He took Matthew Boulton as his partner in 1775, and developed an improved version of this engine which revolutionised industry and immortalised Watt's name, inaccurately but effectively, as the 'inventor of the steam-engine'. Inscribed 'Proof' lower left. Wellcome: 3128-12.
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