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A Journey into the Herzegovina: Insurgent Hospital at Grahovo, 1876. Creator: C.R
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A Journey into the Herzegovina: Insurgent Hospital at Grahovo, 1876. Creator: C.R
A Journey into the Herzegovina: Insurgent Hospital at Grahovo, 1876....the brave though barbarous mountaineers in the highlands of the Adriatic shore are deserving of English sympathy...the kindest, the most effectual, and the easiest measure of relief is to take the whole population - about equal to one London parish - and ship them off to New Zealand...The Colonial Government would grant a million sterling...for the costs of their reception and settlement, and they might have a few thousand square miles of virgin land...They would, moreover, as a hardy and laborious race of peasantry, bring to New Zealand a great accession of prosperity. They would increase both the productiveness of colonial industry and its demand for our manufactures, already greater, for the numbers of its population, than in any other country of the world'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876
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A Journey into Herzegovina - Insurgent Hospital at Grahovo, 1876
EDITORS COMMENTS
is a poignant and thought-provoking black and white engraving by C.R, published in the Illustrated London News. The image captures the interior of a makeshift hospital in the war-torn region of Grahovo, in the Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Hercegovina, during the Herzegovina Uprising of 1876. The scene is filled with injured and ill insurgents, tended to by female and male nurses, as a priest offers comfort and solace to the patients. The atmosphere is one of desperation and resilience, as the insurgents fight for their freedom against the Ottoman Empire. The caption accompanying the image, taken from the Illustrated London News, suggests a controversial solution to the plight of the Bosnian people: deportation and resettlement in New Zealand. The author argues that the "brave though barbarous mountaineers" in Herzegovina are deserving of English sympathy, and that the most effective relief would be to relocate the entire population to New Zealand. The author proposes that the colonial government would grant a million sterling for the costs of their reception and settlement, and that the hardy and laborious race of peasantry would bring great prosperity to New Zealand. The image and the text raise complex and controversial issues related to colonialism, humanitarian intervention, and the treatment of refugees. The hospital scene serves as a reminder of the human cost of conflict and the importance of providing care and support to those in need, regardless of their nationality or location. The image also underscores the enduring power of art and journalism to document history and provoke thought and debate.
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