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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
The Coast of Barbary
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

The Coast of Barbary

CultureEnglish
DateBefore 1765
MediumPaper, linen
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (34.3 x 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William F. Egelhoff
Object number54.40.66A
On View
Not on view
DescriptionBook of charts and information, printed in English and many of the charts have the original publishers names traced on the plates. A few hand drawn charts. Bound in linen. Wood block lettering and engraved plates. Laid paper and faint and scarce watermarks.

Exhibition HistoryTidewater History
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Willem van Swanenburgh
ca. 1610
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Mark Zirpel
2005
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1761-65
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1761-65
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1761-65
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1761-65
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Régis François Gignoux
1850-1869
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Mrs. Littleton Waller Tazewell
1810-30
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
James Montford
1998-1999
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mir Ali al-Kateb
1566