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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland

Artist Fry & Jefferson
CultureFrench | American
Date1755
MediumEngraving, paper
DimensionsOverall: 18 7/8 x 25 1/8 in. (47.9 x 63.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 19 1/4 x 26 in. (48.9 x 66 cm)
Inscribed"Dressee sur la grande carte Angloise de Mis. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson, Par le Sr Robert de Vaugondy Geographe ordinaire du Roi Avec Privilege 1755". "105" stenciled at upper right on back. "R.S." in pencil upper left corner and "E.S." in lower right corner on back. Watermarked with the letters ending in "FIM" (those before illegible).
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Object number49.36.1
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DescriptionMap of Virginia and Maryland. Painted in red, blue, yellow and green with foliage (corn, tobacco, etc.).