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145 ● (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. Uncle Tom
and Eva (Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Chap. XXII.) Lithograph “Drawn on stone by R. J.
Lane,” 17 x 13 inches; several short tears to the margins and blank background with repairs.
Blind stamp of the Ackermann Gallery in the bottom margin Matted and framed.
London: M. & N. Hanhart, (1853) [500/700]
Despite some condition problems, a very unusual version of an otherwise common image. Uncle
Tom is well-dressed, his shoes well-shined; Eva sits at his side. Behind them is a palm tree and
a lake or bay.This scene corresponds to the following passage in chapter 22 of the book: “Tom
and Eve were seated on a little mossy seat in an arbor, at the foot of the garden. It was Sunday
evening and Eva’s Bible lay open on her knee. She read “And I see a sea of glass—mingled
with fire.”The English newsletter Publisher’s Circular for January 1853 lists this work as fol-
lows: “Uncle Tom and Eva (vide Uncle Tom’s Cabin Chap. XXII) Drawn on stone by R.J.
Lane, from the original by C. S. L., available from Ackermann and Co.We were unable to
locate another copy or determine who the original artist was.
146 ● (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. Uncle Tom
and Little Eva (supplied titles.) Two large cabinet card photographs of actor in a scene
from “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Riverhead, L.I.: Dowens Photographer, circa 1880’s [600/800]
Two rare cabinet cards depicting a scene from Uncle Tom’s Cabin as it was performed at the Vail
Leavitt Music Hall in Riverhead Long Island.The Music Hall is the oldest surviving Theatre
in Riverhead and was built to resemble Ford’s Theatre inWashington, D.C.“After a number of
previews, including a strawberry festival and musicale, the Music Hall opened with fanfare on
October 11, 1881 . . . Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was the Music Hall’s
first professional play, and was produced at the Music Hall by several companies during its early
years. From theVail-Leavit Music Hall online history.
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