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| Picture No | 10219487 |
| Date | 1850 |
| Description | Between Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1850. |
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Engraving showing 'distressed' needlewomen below decks on an emigrant ship, with their belongings, making themselves confortable before the voyage begins. A charity set up by Mr Sidney Herbert and the Rev Quekett rescued many of these girls from poverty and enabled them to start a new life in Australia.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News, 17th August 1850. bottom of page 156. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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