Alarming Prospect - The Single Ladies Off to the Diggings

John Leech, 1817 - 1864



Alarming Prospect - The Single Ladies Off to the Diggings

John Leech 1817 - 1864

Summary

This is a busy scene. There is a pole running centre left in the picture. On the left of this pole is a man sitting down, wearing a top hat, on his left is a small dog. Directly behind the small dog is a lady, wearing a bonnet, who is facing right. The man, dog and lady appear to be on a kind of platform. On the platform are more people with them. There is also a crowd of people in front of the platform.


Object Name

Alarming Prospect - The Single Ladies Off to the Diggings

Creators Name

John Leech

Date Created

unknown

Dimensions

support (sight): 10.2cm x 21.7cm

accession number

1883.12/8/I

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper (orange)

Medium

pencil

Credit

Purchased

Legal

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