Sujet

The Zostera marina, or grass-wrack, Mr. Harben's proposed substitute for cotton, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Zostera marina, or grass-wrack, Mr. Harben's proposed substitute for cotton, 1862. The Civil War in America affected cotton imports needed to sustain the British textile industry. 'The crop [Zostera marina, a type of seagrass] is not one that can be sown and reaped like cotton; we are dependent entirely on what the sea throws up, and must employ it in the state presented. Thus, though seaweed is a very cheap raw material, zostera may become an expensive one'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_440

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

11,8Mo (779,6Ko) / 31,6cm x 9,4cm / 3738 x 1108 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature plant plants arts industry manufacturing art trade British color industrial war century Britain seaweed newspapers press print wartime concept cotton B&W seagrass engraved engraving textile industry Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper Unknown wrack 19th-century cotton industry