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| Figure 23 Plate, J. Vieillard et Cie., Bordeaux, ca. 1855. Whiteware. D. 8". (Courtesy, Rex Stark; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) This plate has an even more delicate rendering of the tragic death of Uncle Tom. The elaborate printed blue border is quite wide, diminishing the visual impact of the central image. Uncle Tom’s death, illustrated in a warm, charcoal black with delicate detail, is based on an entirely different print source from the previous images, Girard’s steel-cut engravings for the first French edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853). |