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Sale 2706 - Lot 282

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CARICATURE.) David Claypoole Johnston. Four early American cartoon portfolios. Boston, 1830s
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- Outlines Illustrative of the Journal of F A K (Fanny Anne Kemble). Printed blue paper title wrappers, 8 etched and engraved plates. 8vo, 9¼x6 inches; tears with some loss. Boston, 1835. With: a lithographed portrait of Miss Fanny Kemble by Edward Francis Lambert, 11x8½ inches, lightly age toned. Boston, 1830. British actress Fanny Kemble resided in the U.S. in the early 1830s and upon her return to England published a journal derisive of American culture and manners. Johnston's 8 plates are a rejoinder, keyed to her text, inviting those who possess a copy of her book to clip these caricature plates and attach them to those passages which are mocking towards Americans.

- Scraps [No. 1]. Etched and engraved pictorial title, 4 etched and engraved plates. 10x12½ inches, title trimmed smaller; various stains and tears. Boston, [1829].

- Scraps [No. 2]. Etched and engraved pictorial title, 4 etched and engraved plates. 10x11½ inches, title trimmed and mounted to modern paper; various stains and tears. Boston, 1830.

- Scraps No. 3 Lithographed pictorial title, 4 etched and engraved plates. 9¾x12¾ inches, title trimmed smaller; plates hand-colored; various stains and tears. Boston, 1832.

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