Humourous Pictorial Illustration of England by Lilian Lancaster (1868)

Humourous Illustration of England

Lilian Lancaster, in her fifteenth year, to amuse and entertain her sick brother drew various countries in this fun manner. She later illustrated them in a 1912 volume "Stories of Old". This map is part of an atlas which consists of a collection of twelve maps of European countries, namely, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, spain & portugal, Italy, Prussia, Germany, Holland & Belgium, Denmark, Russia, each with a humourous stereotype created by the Lilian based on the the geography of the country.

This Poster contains a verse at the nottom reading:

Beautiful England,-on her Island throne, -
Grandly she rules,-with half the world her own; From her vast empire the sun ne'er departs : She reigns a Queen-Victoria, Queen of Hearts.

Original Author: Lancaster (Tennant), Lilian, 1852-1939

Date: 1868

Also available: Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, spain & portugal, Italy, Prussia, Germany, Holland & Belgium, Denmark, Russia,

Reprint available in 170gsm matt or 200gsm silk. Poster contained within polythene tubing. Sent in doubled cardboard tube.

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