Mare del Nord Engraving from the Atlante Veneto Vincenzo Maria Coronelli ~Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic Venice Circa 1691 V.M.Coronelli (1650-1718) was a Franciscan priest who became a renowned mathematician and cartographer. In 1685 he was appointed the...
A NEW DESCRIPTION OF CAROLINA By Order of the Lords Proprietors Drawn by John Ogilby Engraved by James Moxon Published by John Ogilby in his atlas “America” London, 1672 20 ½” x 16” Commentary: A New Description of Carolina was based in large part on a manuscript map...
A MAP OF CAROLINA from CAPE CANAVERAL to CAPE HENRY Johannes van Keulen (1654-1715) Amsterdam C. 1682 One of the earliest maps to focus on the Carolina coast Copper engraved, excellent condition with period, probably original hand coloring 27.5” x 31” –...
ALBUM OF VIRGINIA Roanoke Red Sulphur Spr./Roanoke Co Lithographer: Anst. V. W. Loeillot, Berlin Edward Beyer (1820-1865) H: 16 1/2”; W: 24 3/8” (overall) H: 11”; W: 18” (image) In the mid-1850s German artist Edward Beyer visited Virginia and painted a number of town,...
Map “shewing at one view, the several places proposed for opening a communication between the waters of Delaware and Chesopeak Bays.”to accompany “An Abstract of sundry papers and proposals for improving the inland navigation of Pennsylvania and Maryland…” Engraved by...
Painted Blanket Chest ~ Upcountry South CarolinaFurniture
Painted Buggy Box – Keysville, VirginiaDecorative Arts
Southern Landscape by DeLancey GillPaintings
