Title

Sea-Lions, in the Falkland Islands, 1856. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Sea-Lions, in the Falkland Islands, 1856. 'In some of the smaller islands...the seals congregate in great numbers, called rookeries; and, to avoid the danger of attacking them under cover, the sealers set fire to the grass, which, of course, obliges the alarmed inhabitants to scamper helter-skelter down their pathways to the sea, on the road to which they are attacked and slain in great numbers for their oil and skins'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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Photo12/Heritage Images

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HRM23A57_237

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26,7Mb (2,1Mb) / 12,8in x 8,1in / 3828 x 2441 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal wildlife young animals beach family parent seal seals British color cub cubs Falkland Islands mother sea lion motherhood century Colonial Britain parenting sea lions newspapers press concept B&W baby animal sea-lion engraved engraving mum Islas Malvinas Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector colonialism Illustrated London News imperialism TGN ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century Malvinas Islands George Rennie Rennie George sea-lions