A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia Containing the Whole Provinence of Maryland with Part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & North Carolina
Artist
Fry & Jefferson
CultureAmerican
Date1751
MediumEngraving
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/8 x 48 13/16 in. (38.4 x 124 cm)
Overall, Frame: 21 9/16 x 50 in. (54.8 x 127 cm)
Overall, Frame: 21 9/16 x 50 in. (54.8 x 127 cm)
InscribedTitle and "Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson 1775/To the Right Honorable, George Dunk, Earl of Halifax First Lord Commissioner to the Rest of the Right Honorable Commissioners for Trade and Plantations this Map is most humbly Inscribed to their Lordships/By the Lordships' most Obedient & most devoted humble Servt Thos Jefferys" All of this, l.r. of bottom sheet. "Distances to towns & areas from Williamsburg/Fredericksburg & Alexanderia/The distances with the course of the Roads on th Map I carefully collected on the Spot and entered them in my Journal from whence they are now incerted, J. Dalrymple London Jan.ye 1st 1755". "21" in upper right back corner of top and "22" in upper right corner of bottom. Top sheet watermarked "WF" twice and a cartouche with a fleur de lis/over a "GR" twice (once upsidedown). Bottom sheet has same watermark but both cartouches are right side up.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number55.11.3
Not on view
DescriptionTwo-part map of the Virginia area. Bottom edge left section of top torn. Otherwise, good condition though a portion of the paper is darkened. There is an engraving of a planter on docks being served wine,-tobacco barrel open with inscription inside. Va. NC line survey 1728 and finished 1749.Exhibition History"Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 19, 2019 - January 19, 2020.
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