England [art original]

Description

Title: England [art original]
Alternative Title: Britannia
Creator: Hughes, J., active 1872, artist
Contributor: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Published / Created: [30 March 1872]
Publication Place: Wales
Abstract: A comic map of Great Britain: an old woman is shown in profile, facing to the left, and seated on the back of a dolphin-like monster. At the top her cap is Scotland; her neck is labeled R. Tees (River Tees) and along her back is "Humber" and "The Wash" The mouth of the creature is labeled "Thames". The other points on the map are: Isle of Wight and Bristol Channel, Cardogan Bay, and Anglesea (a bird perched on the woman's out-stretched hand).
Description: Title supplied by artist above design.
Added title supplied by cataloger, based on the Gillray print of which this is a copy.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower margin.
Drawn after James Gillray's print "Britannia", published 25 June 1791. Cf. No. 8045 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Provenance: Sold at Forum Auctions, 6 May 2021, lot 60, to Jarndyce for The Lewis Walpole Library.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 18.6 x 16 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English