diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/generic.py b/ibis/expr/types/generic.py
index 4e4c62aa62183..1805ea22e48ed 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/types/generic.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/types/generic.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
+import rich
 from public import public
-from rich.table import Table as RichTable
 
 import ibis
 import ibis.common.exceptions as com
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from ibis.common.deferred import Deferred
 from ibis.common.grounds import Singleton
 from ibis.expr.types.core import Expr, _binop, _FixedTextJupyterMixin
+from ibis.expr.types.pretty import to_rich_table
 from ibis.util import deprecated
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -1294,9 +1295,9 @@ def __array__(self, dtype=None):
         return self.execute().__array__(dtype)
 
     def __interactive_rich_console__(self, console, options):
-        return console.render(self.to_rich(), options=options)
+        return console.render(to_rich_table(self), options=options)
 
-    def to_rich(
+    def preview(
         self,
         *,
         max_rows: int | None = None,
@@ -1304,8 +1305,8 @@ def to_rich(
         max_string: int | None = None,
         max_depth: int | None = None,
         console_width: int | float | None = None,
-    ) -> RichTable:
-        """Convert to a Rich Table.
+    ) -> None:
+        """Print as a Rich Table.
 
         This is an explicit version of what you get when you inspect
         this object in interactive mode, except with this version you
@@ -1342,18 +1343,15 @@ def to_rich(
         │ …      │
         └────────┘
         """
-        from ibis.expr.types.pretty import to_rich_table
-
-        named = self.name(self.op().name)
-        projection = named.as_table()
-        return to_rich_table(
-            projection,
+        rt = to_rich_table(
+            self,
             max_rows=max_rows,
             max_length=max_length,
             max_string=max_string,
             max_depth=max_depth,
             console_width=console_width,
         )
+        rich.print(rt)
 
     def __pyarrow_result__(
         self, table: pa.Table, data_mapper: type[PyArrowData] | None = None
diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/pretty.py b/ibis/expr/types/pretty.py
index a54590dab2658..232ceda56d5a8 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/types/pretty.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/types/pretty.py
@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@
 import json
 from functools import singledispatch
 from math import isfinite
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import rich
 from rich.align import Align
 from rich.console import Console
-from rich.table import Table as RichTable
 from rich.text import Text
 
 import ibis
 import ibis.expr.datatypes as dt
 from ibis.common.exceptions import TranslationError
-from ibis.expr.types import Table
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from rich.table import Table as RichTable
+
+    from ibis.expr.types import Column, Table
 
 
 def pretty_repr(expr: ibis.Expr) -> str:
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ def _(dtype, values, **fmt_kwargs):
 
 
 @format_values.register(dt.GeoSpatial)
-def _(dtype, values):
+def _(dtype, values, **fmt_kwargs):
     import shapely
 
     return _format_nested([None if v is None else shapely.from_wkb(v) for v in values])
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@ def format_dtype(dtype):
 
 
 def to_rich_table(
-    table: Table,
+    tablish: Table | Column,
     *,
     max_rows: int | None = None,
     max_columns: int | None = None,
@@ -281,6 +285,8 @@ def to_rich_table(
     max_depth: int | None = None,
     console_width: int | float | None = None,
 ) -> RichTable:
+    from ibis.expr.types import Column, Table
+
     if max_rows is None:
         max_rows = ibis.options.repr.interactive.max_rows
     if max_columns is None:
@@ -289,6 +295,14 @@ def to_rich_table(
         console_width = float("inf")
     show_types = ibis.options.repr.interactive.show_types
 
+    if isinstance(tablish, Column):
+        named = tablish.name(tablish.op().name)
+        table = named.as_table()
+    elif isinstance(tablish, Table):
+        table = tablish
+    else:
+        raise TypeError(f"Expected Table or Column, got {type(tablish)}")
+
     orig_ncols = len(table.columns)
 
     if console_width == float("inf"):
diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/relations.py b/ibis/expr/types/relations.py
index 492b4a54408a2..bc3229f97d538 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/types/relations.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/types/relations.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from keyword import iskeyword
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Literal
 
+import rich
 import toolz
 from public import public
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 from ibis.common.deferred import Deferred, Resolver
 from ibis.expr.types.core import Expr, _FixedTextJupyterMixin
 from ibis.expr.types.generic import literal
+from ibis.expr.types.pretty import to_rich_table
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import pandas as pd
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ def __interactive_rich_console__(self, console, options):
             width = options.max_width
 
         try:
-            table = self.to_rich(console_width=width)
+            rt = to_rich_table(self, console_width=width)
         except Exception as e:
             # In IPython exceptions inside of _repr_mimebundle_ are swallowed to
             # allow calling several display functions and choosing to display
@@ -384,22 +386,19 @@ def __interactive_rich_console__(self, console, options):
             # This restriction is only present in IPython, not in other REPLs.
             console.print_exception()
             raise e
-        return console.render(table, options=options)
+        return console.render(rt, options=options)
 
-        return console.render(self.to_rich(console_width=width), options=options)
-
-    def to_rich(
+    def preview(
         self,
         *,
         max_rows: int | None = None,
         max_columns: int | None = None,
-        show_types: bool | None = None,
         max_length: int | None = None,
         max_string: int | None = None,
         max_depth: int | None = None,
         console_width: int | float | None = None,
-    ) -> RichTable:
-        """Pretty-print a preview using rich.
+    ) -> None:
+        """Print as a Rich Table.
 
         This is an explicit version of what you get when you inspect
         this object in interactive mode, except with this version you
@@ -412,8 +411,6 @@ def to_rich(
             Maximum number of rows to display
         max_columns
             Maximum number of columns to display
-        show_types
-            Whether to show column types in the 2nd row, under the column name
         max_length
             Maximum length for pretty-printed arrays and maps
         max_string
@@ -434,12 +431,12 @@ def to_rich(
         >>> t.preview(
         ...     max_rows=3,
         ...     max_columns=3,
-        ...     show_types=False,
         ...     max_string=8,
         ...     console_width=30,
         ... )
         ┏━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━┓
         ┃ species ┃ island   ┃ … ┃
+        ┃ string  ┃ string   ┃ … ┃
         ┡━━━━━━━━━╇━━━━━━━━━━╇━━━┩
         │ Adelie  │ Torgers… │ … │
         │ Adelie  │ Torgers… │ … │
@@ -447,18 +444,17 @@ def to_rich(
         │ …       │ …        │ … │
         └─────────┴──────────┴───┘
         """
-        from ibis.expr.types.pretty import to_rich_table
 
-        return to_rich_table(
+        rt = to_rich_table(
             self,
             max_columns=max_columns,
             max_rows=max_rows,
-            show_types=show_types,
             max_length=max_length,
             max_string=max_string,
             max_depth=max_depth,
             console_width=console_width,
         )
+        rich.print(rt)
 
     def __getitem__(self, what):
         """Select items from a table expression.