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Female Emigration! Dedicated with all Due respect to the fair sex of Great Brittain & Ireland -by their Obedient Servant-W.N (caricature)
This cartoon commemorates the departure of a group of female emigrants from the Cove of Cork in October 1834 in the 'Duchess of Northumberland'. They were bound for the Australian colonies. The scenes portray the imagined hardships of the women, expressing widespread unease at the scheme [with thanks to Liz Rushen].
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD4796 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Tregear, Gabriel Shire; Newman, William |
| Date made: | 1834 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 183 mm x 185 mm |