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Imperialism

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Images about Imperialism

17 images from works
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • An Indian commandant: his wife handing him some betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.
  • A white doctor vaccinating African girls all wearing European clothes at a mission station. Process print by Meisenbach after a photograph.
  • The discovery of herbal medicines, their transport by ship from the East Indies and their presentation to the pagan deities. Engraving after Adolf van der Laan, 1741.
  • A white doctor vaccinating a African child, surrounded by crowds of women and children waiting to be vaccinated. Process print by Meisenbach after a photograph.
  • Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.

Works from the collections

68 works

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    Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.

    | Reference: 24350i
    • Online

    Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister : Islamic Fundamentalism and the Politics of Patriarchy in Iran / Minoo Moallem; ed. by Minoo Moallem.

    Moallem, Minoo | Date: [2005]
    • E-books
    • Online

    Imperialism, power, and identity : experiencing the Roman empire / David J. Mattingly.

    Mattingly, D. J. | Date: c2011
    • Books

    Bioinsecurities : disease interventions, empire, and the government of species / Neel Ahuja.

    Ahuja, Neel, 1980- | Date: 2016
    • Books

    Orientalism / Edward W. Said.

    Said, Edward W. | Date: 1978

Related topics

India
Colonialism
19th-20th centuries
Colonies
History, 19th Century
Africa
Public Health
Weapons
Armor
Battles

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