Author: Hugh Paton (Print-Seller in Edinburgh.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings
Author: Hugh Paton (Print-Seller in Edinburgh.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings
Author: John KayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings
Author: John KayA Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings (Classic Reprint)
Author: John KayPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334057229
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Excerpt from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings The corpse of many a hero slain Graced Waterloo's ensanguined plain; But none, by sabre or by shot. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Bibliotheca Scotia
Author: John Smith & SonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti
Author: Marcus RainsfordPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822352885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
As the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of this momentous event. This new edition is the first to appear since the original publication in 1805. Rainsford, a career officer in the British army, went to Haiti to recruit black soldiers for the British. By publishing his observations of the prowess of black troops, and recounting his meetings with Toussaint Louverture, Rainsford offered eyewitness testimonial that acknowledged the intelligence and effectiveness of the Haitian rebels. Although not an abolitionist, Rainsford nonetheless was supportive of the independent state of Haiti, which he argued posed no threat to British colonial interests in the West Indies, an extremely unusual stance at the time. Rainsford's account made an immediate impact upon publication; it was widely reviewed, and translated twice in its first year. Paul Youngquist's and Grégory Pierrot's critical introduction to this new edition provides contextual and historical details, as well as new biographical information about Rainsford. Of particular interest is a newly discovered miniature painting of Louverture attributed to Rainsford, which is reproduced along with the twelve engravings that accompanied his original account.
A Merciless Place
Author: Emma ChristopherPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199843759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Since Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, the fate of British convicts has burned brightly in the popular imagination. Incredibly, their larger story is even more dramatic--the saga of forgotten men and women scattered to the farthest corners of the British empire, driven by the winds of the American Revolution and the currents of the African slave trade. In A Merciless Place, Emma Christopher brilliantly captures this previously unknown story of poverty, punishment, and transportation. The story begins with the American War of Independence, until which many British convicts were shipped across the Atlantic. The Revolution interrupted this flow and inspired two entrepreneurs to organize the criminals into military units to fight for the crown. The felon soldiers went to West Africa's slave-trading posts just as the war ended; these forts became the new destination for England's rapidly multiplying convicts. The move was a disaster. Christopher writes that "before the scheme was abandoned, it would have run the gamut of piracy, treachery, mutiny, starvation, poisonings, allegations of white women forced to prostitute themselves to African men, and not least several cases of murder." To end the scandal, the British government chose a new destination, as far away as possible: Australia. Christopher here captures the gritty lives of Britain's convicts: victims of London's underworld, rife with brutal crime and sometimes even more brutal punishments. Equally fascinating are the portraits of Fante people of West Africa, forced to undergo dramatic changes in their role as intermediaries with Europeans in the slave trade. Here, too, are the aboriginal Australians, coping with the transformation of their native land. They all inhabit A Merciless Place: a tour de force and historical narrative at its finest.
The Athenaeum
Author: A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art
Author: Thomas WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricature
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Author: Henry Sotheran Ltd