4 political maps London 1868

ANTHROPOMORPHIC MAPS (4). Denmark (2 copies), Germany, Holland and Belgium. London, Brooks, Day & Son, 1868. 4 lithograph in colour maps, text below, size 240x200 mm, c. 273x220 mm. whole sheet.
All designed by Lililan Lancaster for "Geographical Fun".
4 maps.

Lilian Lancaster (1852-1939), British actress, also known under her married name, Tennant. She began to draw maps as a teenager and sketched a series of twelve humorous maps of European countries. They were published in Geographical Fun, Humorous Outlines of Various Countries issued by Hodder & Staughton in 1868.

Satirical / political maps.

Some slight foxing, some soiling to margins.