Title

'Columbia's Sewing-Machine', 1864. Artist: John Tenniel

Caption

'Columbia's Sewing-Machine', 1864. Britannia says: Ah, my dear Columbia, it's all very well; But you'll find it difficult to join that neatly. The American Civil War was nowhere near a conclusion and the two sides were as bitterly opposed as ever. Here, a matronly Mrs Britannia looks at a girlish Columbia who sits holding a map representing the torn and divided States of America. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 1, 1864.

Date

1864

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A89_183

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (3,8Mb) / 16,5in x 12,7in / 4947 x 3813 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people hat politics map country clothes British Columbia dress machine machinery war location Victorian century helmet Britain lady concept sewing machine B&W cartoon MONOCHROME United States of America United States 19th century black & white black and white B W Britannia allegorical figure American Civil War nineteenth century American America USA Heritage Image Partnership satire engraving John Tenniel Sir John Tenniel Tenniel John engraving satire