Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL20011173
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Reference Number:
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C17 (107)
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Link to Catalogue:
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Parent Work Title:
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Work for all: Salvation Army social campaign
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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In Darkest England, And the Way Out. Salvation Army Social Campaign, Work for All
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Salvation Army Darkest England and the Way Out
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Booth chart of his Scheme of Social Selection and Salvation
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Creator:
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Booth, William, 1829-1912
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Date Created:
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[1890]
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Publication Details:
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London: Salvation Army
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Language Name:
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English
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Subject:
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Pictorial maps--19th century
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Subject:
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England--Maps
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Subject:
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Poverty--England--History--19th century
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Subject:
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Social aspects
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Lithography
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England: Greater London: London
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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Map: 350 mm
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Item Height:
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Sheet: 430 mm
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Item Width:
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Map: 260 mm
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Item Width:
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Sheet: 280 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2020-01-17
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2020-03
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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