[12 Illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by Frances Milton Trollope.]
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A Ducotes Lithog. 70 S.t Martin's Lane. [n.d., c.1832.]
12 lithographs. Each sheet: 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5'').
A collection of twelve illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by British writer Frances Milton Trollope. Titles include: 'Methodist Preacher Baltimore'; 'Evening at a Boarding House'; 'Wood Cutters Cabin on the Mississipi'; 'Member of Congress'; 'Ancient and Modern Republics'; 'Debate Between Owen & Campbell'; 'Philosophical Millnery Store'; 'The Solemnity of Justice'; 'Toilet'; 'Ex Pede Herculem'; 'Miss Clarissa and Mr Smith'; 'Live Stock Virginia 1830'. Trollope wrote about her travels throughout the USA and the people she met, she was horrified by the egalitarian middle class, slavery and the lack of manners and learning. Mrs Trollope wrote strongly against slavery the illustration 'Live Stock Virginia 1830' shows a white man holding up an elderly black man.
[Ref: 50980] £480.00
A Ducotes Lithog. 70 S.t Martin's Lane. [n.d., c.1832.]
12 lithographs. Each sheet: 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5'').
A collection of twelve illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by British writer Frances Milton Trollope. Titles include: 'Methodist Preacher Baltimore'; 'Evening at a Boarding House'; 'Wood Cutters Cabin on the Mississipi'; 'Member of Congress'; 'Ancient and Modern Republics'; 'Debate Between Owen & Campbell'; 'Philosophical Millnery Store'; 'The Solemnity of Justice'; 'Toilet'; 'Ex Pede Herculem'; 'Miss Clarissa and Mr Smith'; 'Live Stock Virginia 1830'. Trollope wrote about her travels throughout the USA and the people she met, she was horrified by the egalitarian middle class, slavery and the lack of manners and learning. Mrs Trollope wrote strongly against slavery the illustration 'Live Stock Virginia 1830' shows a white man holding up an elderly black man.
[Ref: 50980] £480.00