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Creator:
Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866
Title(s):

Excursion through the slave states : from Washington on the Potomac to the frontier of Mexico : with sketches of popular manners and geological notices / by G.W. Featherstonhaugh, F.R.S., F. G. S. ; in two volumes.

Additional Title(s):

Featherstonhaugh's excursion through the slave states

Travels in America

Published/Created:
London : John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1844.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
F213 .F43 1844
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Running title: Travels in America.
Added title page in both volumes, with title: Featherstonhaugh's excursion through the slave states.
Tinted lithographs drawn by Thomas Picken. Printed by Day & Haghe.
Added title page wood-engraved vignettes signed: S. Williams (v. 1); G. Catlin, S. Williams (v. 2).
Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street.
Clark, T.D. Travels in the Old South, III:40
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906, 3626
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 654
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in gilt-stamped calf binding. Library stamp in blue ink on t.p.: Union Club.
Subject Terms:
Murray, J. -- Publisher.
Slavery -- United States.
Southern States -- Description and travel.
Southern States -- Social life and customs.
Union Club -- Stamp.
William Clowes and Sons -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Travel literature -- Southern States.
Wood engravings -- 1844.
Lithographs -- 1844.
Contributors:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872, ill.
Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853, engraver.
Picken, Thomas, d. 1870, lithographer.
Day & Haghe, lithographer.
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