Sujet

Scene between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Scene between Decks, 1850. Emigrants leaving Britain for the colonies: United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand. The average annual emigration from the United Kingdom between 1825 and 1850 was 91,407. 'The majority of emigrants take a steerage passage, and go out at the cheapest rate. Out of the 153,902 mentioned...as having left the port of Liverpool in 1849, the number of first and second cabin passengers was only 4639'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A35_004

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

36,6Mo (4,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 21,8cm / 4960 x 2580 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation female women woman people male child children man men dark guy ship ships British color deck passengers passenger overcrowding poor poverty Victorian century Britain overcrowded newspapers press concept emigration B&W cramped engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Colour destitute on deck 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W emigrant emigrants nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News steerage ILN newspaper on board Unknown 19th-century