Places
Places related to your search results. This map shows just part of our unpublished collections – there's more coming as we add location information to records. Learn how to use the map.
Punch :The needlewoman at home and abroad. [London, 1850]
Date: 1850
From: Punch. (London)
Reference: PUBL-0043-1850-01
Description: Two contrasting scenes. On the left ("At home i.e England), a ragged young woman with a child behind her is shivering in a snowy street near a pub advertising gin, while a top-hatted man is reaching out an admonishing hand. On the right ('Abroad' i.e. somewhere in the colonies) is a family that has emigrated to one of the colonies, an interior scene with two well-fed children and the parents at a table, with hams and other food hanging above and the mother holding a laughing baby above her head, while the smiling father watches as he peels a potato. Hens and part of a garden can be glimpsed through an open door to the left Extended Title - From: Punch. London. Volume and page unknown, 1850 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, ca 150 x 200 mm