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Lot 614

Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands.

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Cruikshank, George. Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands. [London, 1851]. Hand-colored etching from The Comic Almanack, satire of the fear of miscegenation which depicts Englishmen surprised at the arrival of Africans, whose features are stereotypically exaggerated. 6 3/8 x 16 ??. Framed. With folds as issued, minor nicks at edges. Victoria & Albert 9711:2.