Free emigration to New Zealand poster

Date Created

[1842]

Identifier

Hocken Poster Collection

Type

Publisher

Reporter (Limerick)

Description

Note in ink in Dr Hocken's hand on bottom left corner: Though the N.Z. Company in 184[?] set up an influential committee in Dublin including the Lord Mayor, Archbishop Whateley, and the Provost of Trinity College but little Irish emigration left for New Zealand - the flow being to America. The date of this poster is early in 1842. T.M.H.

Format

725 x 500mm

Medium

Letterpress on coloured paper

Spatial Coverage

Provenance

Dr T.M. Hocken's Collection

Source

Dr T.M. Hocken's Collection

Files

Free Emigration to New Zealand.jpg

Citation

New Zealand Company, “Free emigration to New Zealand poster,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 30, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/9536.