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A family sits and listens to a letter from emigrants being read to them by a young man. Photomechanical reproduction after Thomas Faed A.R.S.A.

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A family sits and listens to a letter from emigrants being read to them by a young man. Photomechanical reproduction after Thomas Faed A.R.S.A.

 
A family sits and listens to a letter from emigrants being read to them by a young man. Photomechanical reproduction after Thomas Faed A.R.S.A.
 

Lettering: The first letter from the emigrants. From a painting by Thomas Faed.

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  • Type:

    • Photomechanical prints

Extended Information

Time

  • Creation date:

    • 1891
  • Period:

    • Second millenium AD

Provenance

  • Provenance:

    • V0038719
  • Identifier:

    • V0038719
    • b1184974
    • ICV No 39275
    • vn3sc4mm
  • Institution:

    • Wellcome Collection
  • Provider:

    • Wellcome Collection
  • Providing country:

    • United Kingdom
  • First published in Europeana:

    • 2019-06-09
  • Last updated in Europeana:

    • 2019-06-09

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    • Credit: Wellcome Collection

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  • Dataset:

    • 9200579_Ag_UK_WellcomeCollection_IIIF

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  • Time spans and dates (TimeSpan)

    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/AD2xxx
    • Period Label
      • ["Second millenium AD", "Second millenium AD, years 1001-2000"] (en);
      • ["2e millénaire après J.-C."] (fr);
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/18xx
    • Period Label
      • ["19й век"] (ru);
      • ["19..", "19??", "19e"] (def);
      • ["19-th", "19th", "19th century"] (en);
      • ["19e siècle"] (fr);
      • ["19de eeuw"] (nl);
    • Period Begin
    • Thu Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1801
    • Period End
    • Mon Dec 31 00:19:32 CET 1900
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/Time
    • Period Label
      • ["Time"] (en);
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/18xx_2_half
    • Period Label
      • ["Вторая половина 19-го века"] (ru);
      • ["Second half of the 19th century"] (en);
      • ["19e (fin)"] (fr);
    • Period Begin
    • Wed Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1851
    • Period End
    • Tue Dec 31 00:19:32 CET 1901
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/18xx_4_quarter
    • Period Label
      • ["4-я четверть 19-го века"] (ru);
      • ["4 quarter of the 19th century"] (en);
      • ["4e quart 19e siècle"] (fr);
    • Period Begin
    • Sat Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1876
    • Period End
    • Mon Dec 31 00:19:32 CET 1900
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/ChronologicalPeriod
    • Period Label
      • ["Chronological period"] (en);
    • Period Term
    • http://semium.org/time/1891
    • Period Label
    • 1891
    • Period Begin
    • Thu Jan 01 01:00:00 CET 1891
    • Period End
    • Thu Dec 31 01:00:00 CET 1891
   

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