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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER.
Mrs.
Keeley as Topsy, in the Drama of
“Slave Life” or “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,
as Performed at the Theatre Royal
Adelphi. “He’s not wicked-I is, drefful
wicked.”
Chromolithograph, 16
3
⁄
4
x 11
inches; a number of paper tape repairs of
marginal closed tears made to the reverse;
some slight discoloration and stain to the
blank portion of the caption.
London: Printed and Published by
Stannard & Dixon, 1852
[1,500/2,500]
A RARE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PRINT
FROM THE LONDON PREMIERE OF THE
PLAY VERSION OF STOWE
’
S ANTI
-
SLAVERY
NOVEL
.
Just beneath the image is the following:
“From life, on stone by Louisa Corbeaux.”
Louisa Corbeaux, as far as we could discover
was the only female artist and printer working
in London during theVictorian period.
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143
AVERY EARLY
THEATRE PRODUCTION
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER [H.J.
CONWAY.]
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or
Life Among the Lowly. Tuesday
Evening Dec. 21st, 1852.
Letterpress
theatre playbill, 7
1
⁄
2
x 20 inches; paper
evenly toned; some spotting.
Boston, 1852
[2,500/3,500]
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