Punch :Here and there; or, emigration a remedy. Punch, or the London Charivari, 8 July 1848.

Date
1848
By
Punch (London, England)
Reference
J-065-004
Description

Two contrasting scenes. On the left ("Here". i.e England), a vagrant family of parents and four barefooted ragged children, standing outside a building, with smokestacks in the background. There is a notice on the door of the building heading 'caution all vagrants'. On the right ('There' i.e. somewhere in the colonies) is a family that has emigrated to one of the colonies, an interior scene with well-fed children and the parents at a groaning table, with hams and a animal carcass hanging above and the mother just serving a dish, while the father carves. A dog is seated at the table and a baby is in a cradle on the floor. There is a palm tree or tree fern visible through the window to the outside, and a dark-skinned native is being served a dish by the oldest daughter of the family.

Digital copy available as Publ-0043-1848-15.

Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Physical Description: Bromide of wood engraving

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Format
1 cartoon bromide(s), Works of art, Wood engravings, Cartoons (Commentary), Bromide of wood engraving
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