Old Way's & New Way's

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Six Hand-Coloured etched plates by Henry Heath c1828 Publishers cover title, oblong folio, six hand coloured etched plates containing seventy sketches, 1 plate watermarked J Whatman 1829 (Abbey copy with plates watermarked 1828), original tan engraved front wrapper, rear wrapper renewed, new paper spine, tiny hole to upper wrapper. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. An excellent example. Sketches include: Promenade. Old way! and Promenade. New Way!; Old way of Going to Market and New way of Going to Market; etc etc (260*370 mm). (Abbey Life 299. Houfe p337). Henry Heath was a draughtsman, etcher and lithographer who produced mainly caricatures based on his own drawings. He was the brother of William Heath, whose style he closely followed. The scenes are designed as paired contrasts between 'Old Way' and 'New Way' - implicitly comparing 'traditional' ways of living / social norms / habits with the 'modern' or new fashions/trends of Heath's time.