A printed handkerchief - Fiji before Civilization

A printed handkerchief - Fiji before Civilization

United Kingdom, 1879

cotton, with four scenes running around the edges titles Fiji before Civilization; Dawn of Civilization; Advance of Civilization; and Glorious Result of Civilization,

59cm square.

Produced at the Crystal Palace Machinery Department in 1879 on behalf of a missionary society, as a subtle propaganda message to show the 'good' they were doing in the Pacific....