Supporting material Print dated June 6 1863

Black and white print from Punch Magazine, or the London Charivari, depicting Britannia Discovering the Source of the Nile. Shows Britannia pulling back the leaves in a jungle and discovering an old man wearing a pharoh’s headdress and smoking a pipe with an over-turned jar from which spill the Nile. Britannia exclaims “Aha, Mr. Nilus! So I’ve found you at last!”. Dated June 6, 1863.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:2017.10.3
  • Material: paper
  • Culture: British
  • Period: 19th Century
  • Dated: June 6 1863
  • Object name: Print
  • Dimensions: Length: 275mm , Height: 207mm