COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
36878003017044
identifier
36878003017044
Barcode
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Title:
Spain and Portugal
title
Spain and Portugal
Title
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Original Title:
Spain & Portugal
full_title
Spain & Portugal
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Lancaster, Elizabeth Lilian, 1852-1939, cartographer
contributor
Lancaster, Elizabeth Lilian, 1852-1939, cartographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Brooks, Vincent, 1815?-1885, lithographer
contributor
Brooks, Vincent, 1815?-1885, lithographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Day & Son, lithographer
contributor
Day & Son, lithographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Hodder and Stoughton, publisher
contributor
Hodder and Stoughton, publisher
Contributor
false
Category:
Caricature
category
Caricature
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Create Year:
[ca. 1868]
date
[ca. 1868]
Create Year
false
Page No.:
6
description
6
Page No.
false
Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
24 x 28 cm, on sheet 25 x 30 cm
obj_height_cm
24 x 28 cm, on sheet 25 x 30 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This map is from the book 'Geographical fun : being humorous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines' in which the maps are drawn by Elizabeth Lilian Lancaster. She was only 15 years old at the time and made them to amuse her ill brother. However, the author of the text, under the name Aleph, was William Harvey, a London doctor and journalist. Lancaster’s maps both taught geography and incorporated important political events and figures. The collection of maps together with the text are a one sided cartoonish view held by England and Englishmen of the political situation of the countries represented. This is also easily perceptible as all the countries are caricatures, sometimes very offensive, with the exception of England that is gloriously depicted in the figure of Queen Victoria accompanied by an elegant exaltation. On this particular map the verses allude to the search for a king for Spain by the Spanish Prime Minister Juan Prim y Prats, and considerations for a new union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain under Fernando II of Portugal.
note
This map is from the book 'Geographical fun : being humorous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines' in which the maps are drawn by Elizabeth Lilian Lancaster. She was only 15 years old at the time and made them to amuse her ill brother. However, the author of the text, under the name Aleph, was William Harvey, a London doctor and journalist. Lancaster’s maps both taught geography and incorporated important political events and figures. The collection of maps together with the text are a one sided cartoonish view held by England and Englishmen of the political situation of the countries represented. This is also easily perceptible as all the countries are caricatures, sometimes very offensive, with the exception of England that is gloriously depicted in the figure of Queen Victoria accompanied by an elegant exaltation. On this particular map the verses allude to the search for a king for Spain by the Spanish Prime Minister Juan Prim y Prats, and considerations for a new union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain under Fernando II of Portugal.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a colored caricature printed map from the book 'Geographical fun', 24 x 28 cm.
note
Original is a colored caricature printed map from the book 'Geographical fun', 24 x 28 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Portugal is depicted as a bear, with its head being the Spanish province Galicia, and Spain as a lady with grapes on her left hand. The couple represents king Fernando II of Portugal and the Queen Isabel II of Spain and the hopes of a marriage between the two that would bring together the two countries. Gibraltar is depicted with a United Kingdom flag. Portuguese flag of the last kingdom of Portugal (1834-1920) on the Atlantic Ocean and Portuguese coat of arms on the left bottom corner of the map. On the right bottom corner there is the coat of arms of Spain above the proposed flag for the Iberian Union.
note
Portugal is depicted as a bear, with its head being the Spanish province Galicia, and Spain as a lady with grapes on her left hand. The couple represents king Fernando II of Portugal and the Queen Isabel II of Spain and the hopes of a marriage between the two that would bring together the two countries. Gibraltar is depicted with a United Kingdom flag. Portuguese flag of the last kingdom of Portugal (1834-1920) on the Atlantic Ocean and Portuguese coat of arms on the left bottom corner of the map. On the right bottom corner there is the coat of arms of Spain above the proposed flag for the Iberian Union.
Note
false
Note:
Oriented with East at the top.
note
Oriented with East at the top.
Note
false
Note:
Land masses and islands outlined with blue bathymetric isolines.
note
Land masses and islands outlined with blue bathymetric isolines.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in triple fillet.
note
Map outlined in triple fillet.
Note
false
Geographic Area:
Portugal
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Portugal
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Spain
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Spain
Geographic Area
false
Relation Note:
6
relation
6
Relation Note
false
Pub Title:
Geographical fun : being humourous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines
pub_title
Geographical fun : being humourous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines
Pub Title
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Pub Author:
Harvey, William, 1796-1866
pub_author
Harvey, William, 1796-1866
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
[ca. 1868]
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[ca. 1868]
Pub Year
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Pub location:
London
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London
Pub location
false
Provenance:
Library of Congress
source
Library of Congress
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://lccn.loc.gov/84675540
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
G1796.A6 H3 1868 Vault
original_call_no
G1796.A6 H3 1868 Vault
Provenance Call No.
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MUST holding:
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