Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 368

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(RACISM.) SUMMERS, W., engraver. Life in Philadelphia, A Black Tea Party. Hand-tinted copper engraving 10-5/8x13 inches; small paper repair to reverse; some light wear and toning to the paper. London: W. H. Isaacs, circa
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In 1828, Edward Williams Clay began to issue a series of engravings he titled "Life in Philadelphia," depicting members of Philadelphia's free black community in various stereotypical and absurd situations.They were so popular that English engravers took up the theme and not to be outdone, produced a series of images that were even more exaggerated and vile than Mr. Clay's. The present is one of the better-known English engravings from that series.