An ideal place
1850 was the year that hundreds of people sailed for Canterbury aboard what became often referred to as the First Four Ships. The picture below of the Canterbury settlement was published the same year in The Illustrated London News.
Look carefully and consider what you see in this picture.
Think about the way things have been drawn. What is the artist trying to tell the viewer about this place?
To help you form your opinions read about Realism and Romanticism.
Realism
Do you think this image presents the viewer with an example of what is really there, (for example, what might be presented in a newspaper today as a photograph, might have been changed with a programme on a computer)?
OR
Romanticism
Does it present an idea of Canterbury as an excellent place to start a new settlement?
Read the resource Why Here?
What do you see in the description there that might be possible to imagine from this picture?
Read the resources in the Our New Land section to help you decide whether the promotions by the Canterbury Association were realistic or romanticized.
See also >>
Will you join us? | The plan | Who can go? | A better life | Why here? | An ideal place
Think about the way things have been drawn. What is the artist trying to tell the viewer about this place?
To help you form your opinions read about Realism and Romanticism.
Realism
Do you think this image presents the viewer with an example of what is really there, (for example, what might be presented in a newspaper today as a photograph, might have been changed with a programme on a computer)?
OR
Romanticism
Does it present an idea of Canterbury as an excellent place to start a new settlement?
Read the resource Why Here?
What do you see in the description there that might be possible to imagine from this picture?
Read the resources in the Our New Land section to help you decide whether the promotions by the Canterbury Association were realistic or romanticized.
See also >>
Will you join us? | The plan | Who can go? | A better life | Why here? | An ideal place
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