Engraved and Tinted Map of Virginia Area
CultureAmerican
Date1759
Mediumoil on paper
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 19 1/8 in. (58.4 x 48.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 30 x 26 in. (76.2 x 66 cm)
Overall, Frame: 30 x 26 in. (76.2 x 66 cm)
Inscribed"Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali, Britannorum industria excultae repraesentatae a Iho. Bapt. Homann S.C.M. Geog., Norimbergae, (From Atlas geographicus maior, fol. Norimbergae, Homannianis heredibus, 1759).
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Object number45.12.6
Not on view
DescriptionEngraved and tinted map of the Virginia area. Also shown are Floridae Pars, Erie Lac, Pensylvaniae Pars, West Jersey and New Jersey. In the lower right hand is a colorful scene of Indians and white men trading, a tobacco barn, blue salamander, large fish and semi tropical foliage. Some of the boundary lines seem to be in oil colors. Printed on heavy handmade paper.![Kalaat-el-Markab – Vue partielle des murs (ouest) (Fortress of Margat [Syria] – Partial view of the walls from the west),](/internal/media/dispatcher/67491/thumbnail)
Louis Constantin Henri François Xavier de Clercq
1859
