Copy of Geology familiarly illustrated by Catherine Mary Webber.
Published / Created:
Sutton Coldfield, Engand, circa [1860?]
Physical Description:
31 drawings on 4 joined sheets : watercolor and pen and black ink ; 14 x 325 cm, accordion folded to 14 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View catalog record for the published version of Geology familiarly illustrated
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1261961
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Notes:
Watercolor copy of Catherine Mary Webber's Geology familiarly illustrated (published in 1859 by J.B. Goodinge). The copy faithfully reproduces the form and content of the published original: a semi-continuous series of images depicting geological strata, named, together with humorous visual puns on the geological names. "Oolite formation," for example, depicts a stratum of oolite, underneath a depiction of a woman whose dress has caught fire; "trap" depicts a geological trap, beneath the image of an unlucky hunter with foot ensnared in a leghold trap; "extensive denudation" depicts a stratum of Kentish rag, beneath the image of a man at the barber with denuded head.
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoon -- Great Britain. | Wit and humor, Pictorial. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor. | Geology -- Popular works.