Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].

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Title: Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].
Alternative Title: Droll caricature map of Ireland
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Bowles & Carver, publisher.
Published / Created: [1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Abstract: "A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr John Bull'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ...
Text below title erased from this impression.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; 1954.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 24 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Maps
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Material: etching with engraving and stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Ireland
Subject (Topic): Harps
Leprechauns
Ethnic stereotypes
National emblems
Irish
Witches
Subjects: Ireland > Maps
Harps
Leprechauns
Ethnic stereotypes
National emblems > Irish
Witches
England > 1793
England > London > 1793

Access: Public
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