| 词条 | Rajah Quilt |
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| image_file = Rajah quilt.jpg | painting_alignment = | image_size = | title = Rajah Quilt | alt = | artist = Convict women on board the Rajah | year = {{Start date|1841}} | type = Quilt | height_metric = 325 | length_metric = 337 | height_imperial = | length_imperial = | imperial_unit = in | metric_unit = cm | city = | museum = National Gallery of Australia | owner = National Gallery of Australia }} The Rajah Quilt is a large quilt that was created by women convicts in 1841 whilst travelling from Woolwich to Hobart using materials organised by Lydia Irving of the British Ladies Society for promoting the reformation of female prisoners convict ship sub-committee. The quilt was presented to Jane Franklin. The quilt was sent back to Britain for Elizabeth Fry who led the British Ladies Society. The quilt's provenance is then unclear until it was rediscovered in 1989. It is now treasured by the National Gallery of Australia. HistoryIrving served on Elizabeth Fry's British Ladies Society for promoting the reformation of female prisoners convict ship sub-committee and she had a financial success when she persuaded the Navy board to fund "gifts" for the transportees. These basic items included knives, forks, aprons and notably sewing materials.[1] During the 25 years that Fry was involved 12,000 women were transported on 106 ships. The plan was to visit every ship on the night before it sailed to calm the women bound for Australia.[2] The sewing materials were supplied for the 180 women prisoners imprisoned on the Rajah. The women, whose names are still known, had been assembled from across Britain and they had been sentenced in Inverness, Aberdeen, Lincolnshire, Devon and the central criminal court.[3] They set sail from Woolwich on 5 April 1841 and arrived on 19 July 1841 at Hobart in Tasmania. During the journey some of the women had embroidered and sewn the materials into an appliquéd coverlet now known as the Rajah quilt. The organisation of this quilt is considered to be Kezia Elizabeth Hayter[4] who was the only free woman. She had come from the Millbank Penitentiary to assist Franklin in forming her own committee to mirror the one in the UK.[5] It is thought now that about 29 women were involved.[5] The convict sub-committees work was remembered by the women on board. The quilt includes a message embroidered in silk thread giving thanks to the "convict ship committee". The quilt was presented to the governor's wife Jane Franklin. The text on the quilt reads: To the ladies of the convict ship committee, this quilt worked by the convicts of the ship Rajah during their voyage to van Dieman’s Land is presented as a testimony of the gratitude with which they remember their exertions for their welfare while in England and during their passage and also as a proof that they have not neglected the ladies kind admonitions of being industrious. June 1841.[6] The quilt was sent back to Britain for Elizabeth Fry (who led the British Ladies Society). The quilt's provenance is then unclear until it was rediscovered in an attic in Scotland. It returned to Australia in 1989. It is now treasured by the National Gallery of Australia.[6] Research shows that the quilt was not unique as other references are made to the convict women's needlework. One of the references is to the women leaving their work behind. However this is the only documented quilt made by convicts that still survives.[5] References1. ^Amanda Phillips, ‘Irving, Lydia (1797–1893)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 29 June 2017 {{Layered textiles}}2. ^{{cite book|author=William H. Beveridge|title=Voluntary Action (Works of William H. Beveridge): A Report on Methods of Social Advance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjmcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|date=27 November 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-57299-2|page=166}} 3. ^[https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/rajah/1841 Rajah voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1841 with 180 passengers], ConvictRecords.com, Retrieved 29 June 2017 4. ^{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Robert|title=The Rajah Quilt|url=https://nga.gov.au/rajahquilt/|website=National Gallery of Australia|publisher=National Gallery of Australia|accessdate=9 May 2018}} 5. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/research-journal/issue-01/doing-time-patchwork-as-a-tool-of-social-rehabilitiation-in-british-prisons/|title=Doing Time: Patchwork as a tool of social rehabilitiation in British prisons|last=webmaster@vam.ac.uk|first=Victoria and Albert Museum, Digital Media|website=www.vam.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-06-30}} 6. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://nga.gov.au/rajahquilt/|title=The Rajah Quilt|last=Australia|first=National Gallery of|website=nga.gov.au|access-date=2017-06-29}} 2 : Quilts|Collections of the National Gallery of Australia |
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