COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL20011173
Reference Number:
C17 (107)
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Work for all: Salvation Army social campaign
Alternative Parent Work Title:
In Darkest England, And the Way Out. Salvation Army Social Campaign, Work for All
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Salvation Army Darkest England and the Way Out
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Booth chart of his Scheme of Social Selection and Salvation
Creator:
Booth, William, 1829-1912
Date Created:
[1890]
Publication Details:
London: Salvation Army
Description:
Coloured lithograph, allegorical map depicting the benefits envisaged from the application of the Salvation Army's scheme for dealing with the social problems of `Darkest England', as described in William Booth's book "In Darkest England and the Way Out" (first published 1890), in which the chart was published. The ultimate solution to England's problems was emigration to the colonies. Showing in the foreground a stormy sea ("Ocean of Misery") with a shipwreck, the survivors being pulled from the sea by members of the Salvation Army and guided to a Utopian new world with solutions for all social problems. Includes key to the chart at bottom panel Figures in two side columns on left and right panels , misery and deaths in "Darkest England". A 'Key to the Chart' is included at the bottom of the page states that the 'chart is intended to give a birds eye-view of the Scheme described in the book.' The key continues, 'the figures on the pillars represent the appalling extent of the misery and death existing in England.' The figures listed include the number of prostitutes in London and England, along with those Booth presumes 'who secretly increase their earnings by their shame,' the number of those prison, and facts and figures concerning alcohol use and abuse, destitution, poverty, and the number of suicides the previous year. Not drawn to scale.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language Name:
English
Subject:
Pictorial maps--19th century
Subject:
England--Maps
Subject:
Poverty--England--History--19th century
Subject:
Social aspects
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Lithography
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Greater London: London
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
Map: 350 mm
Item Height:
Sheet: 430 mm
Item Width:
Map: 260 mm
Item Width:
Sheet: 280 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-01-17
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2020-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
