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Lot 168
Sale 2070 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana
Lots Open
Feb 14, 2025
Lots Close
Feb 27, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$400 -
600
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$360
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Lot Description
[ABOLITION]. VALENTINE DUNDEE, J., eng. Uncle Tom's Cabin illustrated cover. London: Ackerman, 1853.
3 3/4 x 2 in. engraved postal cover, unused. Publishing credit to Ackermann & Co., London; Oliphant & White, Glasgow; Johnstone & Hunter, Edinburgh; B. Theobald, London printed to right edge. Design and engraving credit to J. Valentine Dundee printed to left edge.
Scenes from the groundbreaking novel are featured throughout the cover's verso including a depiction of Tom being sold away from his children, overseers flogging Tom, Tom reading his Bible on a Mississippi River steamboat, Eliza escaping to the north, and others.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Ephemeral Americana and Historical Documents