A black butler tipping a plate of meat into a woman's apron

A black butler/footman tipping a plate of meat into a woman's apron. In the story The Runaway, Pam is a West Indian enslaved person who escapes into service in London. A Man of Colour. Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H. Harrison's The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside, Rudolph Ackermann, 19 Strand, London, 1831

Anecdote Comical Companion For The Christmas Fireside Footman Rudolph Ackermann Slave Trade The Humourist Thomas Rowlandson W. H. Harrison Wood Engraving

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