A cartoon from 'Punch', 1873: 'Political Economy' says "Take care, my dear John. Don't interfere with the laws of supply and demand." John Bull replies, "I don't, Miss Prudence. She demands and I supply."
Source: ebay, June 2008
"Famine in India," a wood engraving from the Illustrated London News, 1874, and *a much larger scan of this engraving*; also *"The famine in India: women grinding grain"*; also *"The famine in India: the village well"*; also: *"Starving cattle"*
Source: ebay, Nov. 2006
"Feeding the poor, Mahoba, 1874," from the album of John Mitchell Holms, a British officer
Source: ebay, Jan. 2006
"Famine stricken group, Delhi"
Source: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org
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(downloaded Feb. 2005)
"In: The people of India : A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan, originally prepared under the authority of the government of India, and reproduced ... / ed. by J. Forbes Watson and John William Kaye. (published 1868-75). Albumen print."
Famine relief token, 1876
Source:
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail.asp?intObjectID=3050093&SE=CMWCAT01+49012+%2D1152553562+&QR=M+1+84+Aqc0000900+48774++Aqc0000900+&entry=india&RQ=True&AN=85
(downloaded Sept. 2001)
"India, (Victoria), famine relief token, brass ½-Seer, 1876, 19.5 mm., RELIEF ½ SEER TOKEN 1876 around circle, central hole, rev. plain, edge grained (Pr.34), some lustre on obverse, good extremely fine/extremely fine, exceedingly rare. Struck for use during the South Indian famine of 1876. Much rarer than the Bengal One Rupee famine grain token of 1874, which is itself rare."
"The Famine in India: Starving Natives obtaining Food from the Bunniahs' Shops in a Bazaar," from the Illustrated London News, 1877; *a larger scan of this engraving, with caption*
Source: ebay, Nov. 2004
"Disputed empire!" (Queen Victoria wards off a personified "Famine"), a cartoon from Punch, 1877
Source: ebay, Nov. 2006
*"Rescue: famine sufferers awaiting food--Government relief, Ahmedabad," a stereoscopic view, c.1901*
Source: ebay, Oct. 2007
A famine relief project: road work in Bengal, 1936, in a news bureau photo; *the caption*
Source: ebay, Sept. 2007
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