The emigrants

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Title

The emigrants

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This work by the English artist William Allsworth became known as the definitive depiction of nineteenth-century Scottish emigration to New Zealand thanks largely to its publication as a lithograph by Day Haghe in London around 1855. It shows a prosperous Scottish family in a Highland landscape, surrounded by their worldly goods — piles of luggage, animals, cases of trees and plants, and farm implements. Clearly, they are emigrating, with everything needed for successful colonial life. Their ...

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Format

Image

Date created

1844

Creator

William Allsworth

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/39550

Related subjects

People / Families / Sheep / Kilts / Ships / Landscapes (Representations) / Scottish / oil paint / canvas / paintings / migration / Scotland / Nelson / London

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