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).
Alternative Title:
Britannia
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., and 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.
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ..., Temporary local subject terms: Comic maps -- Witch as a map -- Capes -- Harbors -- Emblems: Irish harp., and Text below title erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard