IRELAND BY LILIAN LANCASTER c1868 ANTHROPOMORPHIC MAP OF IRELAND WITH RHYMING VERSE BY "ALEPH" (WILLIAM HARVEY) THIS MAP DEPICTS THE EMERALD ISLE AS A HAPPY PEASANT AND A LAND OF HERRINGS AND POTATOES THIS LITHOGRAPHIC MAP WAS PUBLISHED BY HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 27 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, AS ONE OF 12 MAPS THAT WERE PRODUCED FOR "GEOGRAPHICAL FUN". ACCORDING TO THE INTRODUCTION BY "ALEPH" THE MAPS WERE DRAWN BY A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD YOUNG LADY TO AMUSE AND ENTERTAIN HER SICK BROTHER. THIS WAS LILIAN LANCASTER (1852-1939) WHO WENT ON TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL STAGE CAREER. SHE LATER PRODUCED ANOTHER 12 ANTHROPOMORPHIC MAPS UNDER HER MARRIED NAME LILIAN TENNANT PUBLISHED IN 1912.
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