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William Clark, 1823
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Ten Views in the Island of Antigua
William Clark, 1823
CLARK, William (1770-1838). [Ten Views in the Island of Antigua. London: Thomas Clay, 1823.]
A rare work on Antigua. Clark spent three years in the Caribbean, having been invited by planters there to paint their estates. His work presents a sanitized portrayal of enslaved workers; nevertheless it does provide rare documentary scenes of the process of sugar-making at this time in the Carribean. The images date from about a decade before the end of slavery in the British West Indies. Abbey Travel 690.
Folio (455 x 327mm). 10 text leaves and 9 colored aquatint plates (only, lacking title and plate 1; one text leaf with part of blank margin torn away, dustsoiling and chipping). Paper watermarked 1822. Stab sewn with new thread and no wrapper. Custom cloth box.
William Clark, 1823
CLARK, William (1770-1838). [Ten Views in the Island of Antigua. London: Thomas Clay, 1823.]
A rare work on Antigua. Clark spent three years in the Caribbean, having been invited by planters there to paint their estates. His work presents a sanitized portrayal of enslaved workers; nevertheless it does provide rare documentary scenes of the process of sugar-making at this time in the Carribean. The images date from about a decade before the end of slavery in the British West Indies. Abbey Travel 690.
Folio (455 x 327mm). 10 text leaves and 9 colored aquatint plates (only, lacking title and plate 1; one text leaf with part of blank margin torn away, dustsoiling and chipping). Paper watermarked 1822. Stab sewn with new thread and no wrapper. Custom cloth box.
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