Primary Artist

George Cruikshank (1792–1878)

Title

Probable effects of over female emigration, or Importing the fair sex from the Savage Islands in consequence of exporting all our own to Australia!!!!!'.

Date made

1851

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and roulette, printed in black ink, from one steel plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right, 'Designed & etched by George Cruikshank'. Printed lower centre,. 'Pubd by D Bogue 86 Fleet St London'. Printed lower edge, 'PROBABLE EFFECTS OF OVER FEMALE-EMIGRATION, OR Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands in Consequence of Exporting all our own to Australia!!!!!'.

Matrix size

14.5 x 39.5 cm (image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

The work is frequently found hand-coloured. Sometimes this appears contemporanius, but more often it is modern.

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature

Subject description

Cruikshank sets his caricature at a dock at Dover. On the left is a sailing ship at anchor in the English Channel, from which African woman passengers are being rowed to shore. Some have already ascended the stairs and are making come-hither gestures to a group of sailors and top-hatted dandies on the right - some of the men look bemused and others unpleased. Between the two groups is the smug, cigar smoking dealer, who has organised the transaction.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

42358

Creators

Bogue, David. | (1851–) Male | publisher

Cruikshank, George. | (1792–1878) English | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013