A grotesque caricature attacking the much-debated 1820 settlement scheme which encouraged English people to settle in South Africa, where they were promised fertile land and a pleasant climate. In the print, a working-class English family are shown being attacked by a snake, lion and crocodile while highly stereotyped and racist depictions of the local population are seen cannibalizing the family and burning down their home
Alternative Title:
Blessings of emigration to the Cape of Good Hope and Blessings of emigration to the Cape of Forlorn Hope
Description:
Title etched below image. The word "Forlorn" in title is scored through and the word "Good" has been inserted above the line with a caret, forming the correct place name "Cape of Good Hope"., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered twice in upper margin; "No. 2" is centered, and "366" is in the upper right corner., For a companion print entitled "A strong proof of the flourishing state of the country, exemplefied in the proposed emigration to the Cape of Good Hope! ...", see no. 13267 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 7, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
South Africa
Subject (Topic):
Emigration and immigration, Emigration & immigration, Indigenous peoples, Ethnic stereotypes, Cannibalism, Snakes, Lions, Crocodiles, and Fires
Print advertising opportunities for homes and land in the new state of South Dakota and offers official information from the Commissioner of Immigration in Aberdeen. Primary image is a female figure wearing a tiara labeled "South Dakota" and holding a paper in her left hand that reads "free homes" and in her right hand is a scroll showing images and names of public institutions; at her feet, a book open to the "Record of Progress" in the territory and state of South Dakota, from "permanent white settlement" in 1856 to the first state legislature in 1890. Text below title includes reference to the opening of the Sioux Reservation to homestead settlement
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc35 890soz 01: Mounted on linen sheet 74 x 54 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
F. H. Hagerty, Commissioner of Immigration and Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co.
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota and Great Sioux Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Land tenure, Migration, Internal, Real property, Race relations, and Emigration and immigration
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Plate numbered '6' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: Office of passports, -Calais. Here a certificate (resembling a passport) is furnished ( -a sufficient pass through the fortified towns) ..., and Second sheet attached to print 8 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Calais (France)
Subject (Topic):
Emigration and immigration and Immigration stations
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1883]
Call Number:
Print00656
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title printed below image., Date supplied by curator., Published in Puck, 1883., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Castle Garden (New York, N.Y.).
Subject (Topic):
Cholera, Emigration and immigration, Disinfection and disinfectants, Death (Personification)., Skeletons, Sailing ships, Sailors, Police, and Scythes