No. 17 of 23 · Old Maps
France
Pictures by Lilian Lancaster
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An old map of France turns into an elegant lady in a red and green gown, flag and coat of arms beside her. Lilian Lancaster drew it in 1868 at just fifteen, one of a set of map caricatures made to help children remember the shapes of countries. For a traveler, a Francophile or anyone heading to France.
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World and Countries · Map caricature / FRANCE / Lilian Lancaster, 1868 / France becomes an elegant lady in a red and green gown. The drawings in Geographical Fun were made by a fifteen-year-old girl, Lilian Lancaster, to help children remember the shapes of countries. / Chromolithograph
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