This essay provides a semiotic analysis of two images, an illustration and an advertisement. The illustration is by Charles Stanley Renhardt called “Summer at the Cape of Good Hope- Afternoon Tea on the stoep” and it dates back to 1882. The advertisement is for “Frank Rippingille’s Patent Cooking Stoves” and it dates back to 1897. The semiotic analysis will be describing the denotative depictions of the two images and in turn will provide the connotative meanings base on Victorian Values.
In the illustration, there is an interaction between a group of British people and a different ethnic group on a veranda in South Africa. In the foreground of the illustration, there are two ladies seated on chairs. There is a lady dressed in a long white …show more content…
The other lady has a book on her lap, she is conversing with a gentleman behind her. The lady is in a long black dress and is being served tea but the person serving her is of a different nationality with his dark skin colour. The servant is serving the lady tea but her back is turned against him. The center of the veranda there is a lady and gentleman, the lady is holding a fan and she is wearing a long, white, ruffled dress and her arms and legs are fully covered. She is conversing with a gentleman that is formally dressed. In the middle ground, there is a lady and gentleman coming out the door. The man is by the door smoking a pipe and the lady in front of him is dressed in domestic clothing with a net on her head, wearing an apron and holding a tray. In the background are three formally dressed gentlemen and a lady conversing, the lady has …show more content…
The stove drawn largely represent the capital that Britain has and its prosperity in new industrial advances (Walvin 1987). The large number of different ethnic groups waiting in a line connotes to the international demand and appeal the stove has on other nationalities (The British Empire [sa]). The depiction of British scene with the lady roasting by the lake represents national pride to demonstrate how the stove is typically used in their domestic environment and its reinforcing their practices (Walvin 1987). The African man on his knees connotes the ideas of superiority in the British has a distinctive idea of superiority over other nations, the African man kneeling down shows his gratitude and appreciation and this emphasises the idea of national pride because England prided itself in the breakdown and changing of other nations (Walvin 1987). The depiction of the stove largely drawn depicts England’s technological advances (Victorian Technology 2014). The board that has been held by the man turned against the poster connotes technical advances of the stove and the achievements on England. The clothing Queen Victoria is dressed in
In the illustration, there is an interaction between a group of British people and a different ethnic group on a veranda in South Africa. In the foreground of the illustration, there are two ladies seated on chairs. There is a lady dressed in a long white …show more content…
The other lady has a book on her lap, she is conversing with a gentleman behind her. The lady is in a long black dress and is being served tea but the person serving her is of a different nationality with his dark skin colour. The servant is serving the lady tea but her back is turned against him. The center of the veranda there is a lady and gentleman, the lady is holding a fan and she is wearing a long, white, ruffled dress and her arms and legs are fully covered. She is conversing with a gentleman that is formally dressed. In the middle ground, there is a lady and gentleman coming out the door. The man is by the door smoking a pipe and the lady in front of him is dressed in domestic clothing with a net on her head, wearing an apron and holding a tray. In the background are three formally dressed gentlemen and a lady conversing, the lady has …show more content…
The stove drawn largely represent the capital that Britain has and its prosperity in new industrial advances (Walvin 1987). The large number of different ethnic groups waiting in a line connotes to the international demand and appeal the stove has on other nationalities (The British Empire [sa]). The depiction of British scene with the lady roasting by the lake represents national pride to demonstrate how the stove is typically used in their domestic environment and its reinforcing their practices (Walvin 1987). The African man on his knees connotes the ideas of superiority in the British has a distinctive idea of superiority over other nations, the African man kneeling down shows his gratitude and appreciation and this emphasises the idea of national pride because England prided itself in the breakdown and changing of other nations (Walvin 1987). The depiction of the stove largely drawn depicts England’s technological advances (Victorian Technology 2014). The board that has been held by the man turned against the poster connotes technical advances of the stove and the achievements on England. The clothing Queen Victoria is dressed in