A reverse glass painted mezzotint depicting Africa and America Published by W.B. Walker, London, August 20, 1807

The scene depicting representations of Africa and America presented as native figures in a wild landscape, Africa holding a spear and paper inscribed, "Slave Trade Abolish'd 1806," America holding an American flag and pointing to memorial of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin; period frame.

10 in. x 14 in. (sight)

Note

This print commemorates the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire in 1807. An example is found in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg, object no. 1997-41.

Literature

For reference, see Margolin, Sam, "'And Freedom to the Slave': Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865," Ceramics in America (2002), fig. 22.

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Property of a New York collector.

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A reverse glass painted mezzotint depicting Africa and America Published by W.B. Walker, London, August 20, 1807

10 in. x 14 in. (sight)

Note

This print commemorates the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire in 1807. An example is found in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg, object no. 1997-41.

Literature

For reference, see Margolin, Sam, "'And Freedom to the Slave': Antislavery Ceramics, 1787-1865," Ceramics in America (2002), fig. 22.

Provenance

Property of a New York collector.

American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts

A reverse glass painted mezzotint depicting Africa and America Published by W.B. Walker, London, August 20, 1807

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A reverse glass painted mezzotint depicting Africa and America Published by W.B. Walker, London, August 20, 1807