Tregears Black Jokes. The Route.Whilst de lads ob de village, so merrily are, Dou and I will be first in de trong.
W. Summers Del. C. Hunt Sc.
Published by G S Tregear 123 Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1834.]
Aquatint with hand-colouring. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Glue stains in edges.
At a gathering of smartly-dressed black people, a couple walk out onto the dance floor as an orchestra plays on the balcony. Plate 6 of a series of 20 'Black Jokes', originally published the year that the Slavery Abolition Act came into force. It was advertised as 'A Series of Laughable Caricatures on the March of Manners amongst Blacks'.
Hickman p.131.
[Ref: 51783] £260.00
Published by G S Tregear 123 Cheapside London. [n.d., c.1834.]
Aquatint with hand-colouring. 255 x 355mm (10 x 14"). Glue stains in edges.
At a gathering of smartly-dressed black people, a couple walk out onto the dance floor as an orchestra plays on the balcony. Plate 6 of a series of 20 'Black Jokes', originally published the year that the Slavery Abolition Act came into force. It was advertised as 'A Series of Laughable Caricatures on the March of Manners amongst Blacks'.
Hickman p.131.
[Ref: 51783] £260.00