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These set of three cartographic caricatures appear to be unrecorded. They are the work of one of the most famous artists of this type Lillian Lancaster. She first came to fame when she was identified as the fifteen year old artist behind one of the most famous works of its genre, William Harvey’s ‘Geographical Fun’ of 1869. The idea apparently came from an earlier drawing of England represented by Punch riding on a dolphin. Born Eliza Jane Lancaster in 1852 (d.1939) in London. She most likely met Dr. William Harvey through her family in Islington. Through family connections she went on to the stage as a pantomime artist, comedy actress and singer. These three images presumably were published c.1880 and depict the often found set of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. They were almost certainly issued before her visit to New York 1880-81. The image of England displays a copy of Punch magazine dated 1878. Slowther in ‘The Map Collector’ no. 16 pp. 48-50.
LANCASTER, Lillian

England (Scotland/ Ireland) A Comic Geographical Sketch

London?, c.1880
355 x 250 mm., each, chomolithographic plates laid on board, some browning to those of England and Ireland, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 7040

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