General
General
Object Auto ID
66702
Alternate Codes
159588
Common Name
Engraving
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Local Name
A strong proof of the flourishing state of the country exemplefied in the proposed emigration to the Cape of Good Hope!or, Honey Mouth (the Minister for Foreign Affairs), building castles in the air on the new Land of Promise!!
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
Inside a gallery, on the left a group dressed in tattered clothing, thin and obviously hungry looking at pictures of soldiers. A well-dressed man sits on green bags marked the Fat of the Land. Depicts the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Castlereagh, telling a ragged group of people the advantages of emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope, which he describes as a land of milk and honey.
Provenance
Mendelssohn Bequest 1922
Description
Description
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Distinguishing Features
Caricatures and cartoon. Settlers, 1820
Inscriptions
b.r. G Cruik feets; b.c. London, Publish'd Septr 7th 1819 b J.Tegg 111 Cheapside; t.c No. 1; t.r. 365
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Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Visible image 247 x 352 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
1819
Maker Comment
Tegg, T - publisher, Cheapside, London. CRUIKSHANK, George, (1792-1878)
Production Place
Collector Comment
Hand-coloured engraving.
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