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| Picture No | 10413100 |
| Date | 1853 |
| Description | Alarming prospect 1853 / Leech |
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Alarming prospect - The single ladies ladies off to the diggings. The early days of the Victorian gold rush were famously male dominated, though the popularity of Ellen Clacy's work A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings in 1852-1853 may have been the inspiration for this illustration by John Leech..
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| Source | John Leech, 'Follies of the Year' 1853, plate 11 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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