Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 33

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
COLLYER, JOSEPH. "Abolition of the Slave Trade." Chine-collé engraving, mounted on a large piece of heavy stock, as issued; 14x10 3/4 inches (plate size), 20x15 1/4 overall; some slight discoloration; tiny hole at outer left margin, not affecting the image; faint pencil numbers in bottom margin of mount. Depicts Britannia, to her right a bust of William Wilberforce, to her left a slave ship; in her right hand she holds a standard with the motto "Slave Trade Abolished, March, 1807." London: Joseph Collyer, 1808