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Pictorial Map, Virginia, Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Colonial Era
Pictorial Map, Virginia, Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Colonial Era
Pictorial Map, Virginia, Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Colonial Era

Map, Virginia, Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Pictorial, Colonial Era, Vintage Print, 1930

$525

Hugo Stevens (after)
A. H. Miles (copyright)
A Map Showing Points of Interest in Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown in Virginia
Tudor Press, Boston: 1930
Color lithograph
13.75 x 19 inches, border
15 x 20.5 inches, overall
$525

Patriotic pictorial map of the peninsula between the James and York Rivers in Virginia and three historically significant colonial Virginia towns there, focusing on the period between the establishment of the first English settlement in Jamestown in 1607 and the surrender of Cornwallis in Yorktown, which ended the Revolutionary War in 1781. (The Battle of Williamsburg in 1862 during the Civil War is also included.) The illustrations depict landmark buildings, events, scenes from colonial life and portraits of historical figures such as Captain John Smith, Chief Powhatan and George Washington. The cartouche is composed of a picture of a colonial soldier with clipper ships in the background. Other decorations include the state seal of Virginia, its colonial coat of arms, and a compass rose. The map is printed in black, tan, red, blue and aqua and surrounded by a bold geometric border.

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Description

Tudor Press was a lithograph, offset, and letterpress printer in Boston. The company was founded by in 1910 by Ralph Harland Wilbur. With the purchase of a four-color offset press in 1940, the company became known for its large format color printing. The company printed pictorial maps by Elizabeth Shurtleff and others and printed field maps for the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. They also printed banknotes and currency. The founder’s son Harland Wilbur took over the firm in 1941; his son Ralph E. Wilbur became president of the company in 1965. He renamed it Graphic Litho and moved it to its current location in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1967.

Full publication information: By Hugo Stevens. Copyright 1930 A.H. Miles. The Tudor Press, Boston. Litho in U.S.A.

Condition: Generally very good, the original colors vibrant, with the usual overall minor toning, handling, wear.

References:

Graphic Litho. http://www.graphiclitho.com/about (26 January 2023).

Hitchcock, Nancy A. “Lawrence, Mass. large format printer Graphic Litho thrives with specialty services.” New England Printer & Publisher. http://www.graphiclitho.com/docs/PINE-Company-Profile-Article-No-Date.pdf (26 January 2023).

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Century

20th Century

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