Emigration in search of a husband, 1833 / J. Kendrick
Emigration in search of a husband, 1833 / J. Kendrick
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Author / Creator
Date
1833
Call Numbers
SV/339
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 24 x 20.1 cm (sheet) - etching, hand coloured
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 hand coloured etching of a cartoon satirising the scheme to send female emigrants to Australia to counteract the shortage of women, originally published 10 August 1833. The etching depicts a slender, ragged porter weighed down with a large trunk balanced upon his head with one hand, in conversation with a short, stout, red-faced woman wearing a l...
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Full title
Emigration in search of a husband, 1833 / J. Kendrick
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Conservation note
The bottom margin has been trimmed, removing the publishing details, and the title and caption reattached.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, September 2018
Administrative / Biographical history
In the early 1800s, the colonial population in Australia was predominately male, comprising convicts, soldiers and agricultural workers. Recognising the need for more single women in Australia, the Emigration Commission began advertising for women in search of employment, marriage or a new life.
Between 1833-1837, fourteen ships sponsored b...
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Call Numbers
SV/339
Record Identifier
YEGq8GPn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGq8GPn
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Reference code
9615852
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