Antique Portrait of Bryan Edwards with Title Leaf, British West Indies, 1818

Name: Antique Portrait of Bryan Edwards with Title Leaf, British West Indies, 1818
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13306-1-FP & BG-13306-1-1
Price: 215 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1818
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 26.8 × 21 cm (10.6 × 8.3 in)
Condition: Fair. Wear consistent with age and use. Fair antique condition with general age-related toning, foxing and scattered spotting. Some wear and irregularity along the sheet edges consistent with age and removal from the original volume. Please study the photographs carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: The West Indies
Reference: BG-13306-1-FP & BG-13306-1-1

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Bryan Edwards, historian of the British West Indies, in an engraved half-length portrait by Thomas Holloway after a painting by Lemuel Francis Abbott, issued with the engraved title leaf of the 1818 London edition of his History of the British West Indies. The two original leaves are offered together. The painter's and engraver's names are lettered below the image, and "Bryan Edwards Esqr" is engraved beneath it.

Edwards is shown in a dark coat with a high collar and a white cravat, his hair curled, before a hanging curtain, with a view of palms and a tropical landscape at the left. The title leaf reads "History of the British West Indies by Bryan Edwards Esq. F.R.S. With a continuation to the present time. Illustrated by Maps & Plates. In Five Volumes. London. Printed for the Proprietors, 1818." Its lettering is surrounded by a decorative calligraphic frame with a small coastal vignette.

Edwards (1743 to 1800) was a Jamaica planter and merchant, a Member of Parliament, and a Fellow of the Royal Society from 1794. His history was a standard account of the islands, and he defended the plantation system and opposed the abolitionist campaign of William Wilberforce.

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