Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1825-1840
A Union Jack
Print, lithograph, caricature of a marriage; a black man, a sailor with a pigtail, straw hat, short jacket and spats, and a black woman wearing furs, a hat decorated with flowers, who is holding a fan. The wedding officials leer at them. Another black man witnesses the event. title is a pun on the marriage union of a jack tar or sailor.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 2006.44/34
- Object name:
- A Union Jack
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Tregear, G.S.
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- Production date:
- 1825-1840
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 151 mm, W 169 mm (paper)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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