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Charles Hunt A group of caricatures for Lewis's Bl

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including Grand Celebration ob de Bobalition ob African Slabery, Miss White's birth-day Party, Blackberrying, and others, 8 original hand-coloured aquatints, 4 from each series, including 2 duplicates, c.1830, all by T.C. Lewis & Co., v.s., 225 x 180mm. to 230 x 280mm. (8 7/8 x 7 in to 9 x 11 in), all unframed

***Based on the American black social caricatures of E.W. Clay, in turn inspired by caricatures of London life he had seen on a visit to England in the 1820s..

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