Lilian Lancaster - England - 1868 Metal Print

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First published in "Geographical Fun, Humorous Outlines of Various Countries" by Hodder & Stoughton in London in 1868, this amusing comic map of England depicts the country in the form of a young Queen Victoria, attired as the symbolic figure of Britannia. It was one of a series of twelve amusing maps of European countries originally designed by teenage artist, Eliza Jane Lancaster [1852-1939], as a distraction to entertain her younger brother during a protracted bout of illness at home.The accompanying rhyming verses were composed by the London journalist, William Harvey [1796-1873], who worked under the pen name "Aleph". Eliza Jane subsequently became a popular British actress & comedienne, taking the stage name Lilian Lancaster. A pantomime artiste on the British provincial stage during the 1870s & early 1880s, she even toured the United States with George Conquest's "Grim Goblin" Pantomime Company in 1880-1. It was here, at New York's Wallack's Theater, that she wowed...