KENDRICK, J. “Emigration in Search of a Husband”. 1833
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Description
Handcoloured etching from a scrapbook with abbreviated title. A famous satirical cartoon, lampooning the fate of a prospective bride upon her departure for the Australian colonies. A shortage of women was a defining quality of colonial society from the foundation years through the 1840s. Only the mass emigration of the gold rush years finally equalized the gender imbalance.
Price: $2,850.00
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