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CLARK, William.
Ten Views in the Island of Antigua.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE WORK ON ANTIGUA, with beautifully-coloured plates. Clark spent three years in the West Indies 'upon the estates of Admiral Tallemach'. In Antigua he made drawings of 'the process of sugar making', showing laborers on a number of estates, 'in the field, boiling-house and distillery'.
- Published
- London: Thomas Clay, 1823.
- References
- Abbey Travel II 690; Tooley 147; Bobins 09; Cundall, Bibliography of the West Indies 222.
- Plates
- 10
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 25001-100000
- Published
- London: Thomas Clay, 1823.
- Ref
- 5074
FIRST EDITION. Oblong folio. Ten unsigned hand-coloured aquatints on Whatman paper. Each plate with accompanying text. Later half calf, marbled sides, red cross-grain morocco title label to upper board, flat spine banded in gilt. A rare work on Antigua, beautifully illustrated. Clark spent three years in the West Indies on the estates of Admiral Tallemach. While there, he made drawings of the process of sugar making, showing workers on a number of estates, "in the field, boiling-house, and distillery." Coloured plates in order: 1. The Court House. St. Johns, Antigua. 2. Holeing a Cane-Piece on Weatherell's Estate, Antigua. 3. Planting the Sugar Cane on Bodkins Estate, Antigua. 4. Cutting the Sugar-Cane on Delap's Estate, Antigua. 5. A Mill Yard, on Gamble's Estate, Antigua. 6. Interior of a Boiling House on Delap's Estate, Antigua. 7. Exterior of a Distillery on Weatherell's Estate, Antigua. 8. Exterior of a Boiling House, on Weatherell's Estate, Antigua. 9. Interior of a Distillery, on Delap's Estate, Antigua. 10. Shipping Sugar, Willoughby Bay, Antigua.
