Digital Image: 1943 Dratz Pictorial Cartoon Map Celebrating the Wines of Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux-dratz-1943_d
Title
Bordeaux et ses vins.
1943 (dated) 32 x 23.5 in (81.28 x 59.69 cm)
1943 (dated) 32 x 23.5 in (81.28 x 59.69 cm)
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
Delivery
Once you purchase our digital scan service, you will receive a download link via email - usually within seconds. Digital orders are delivered as ZIP files, an industry standard file compression protocol that any computer should be able to unpack. Some of our files are very large, and can take some time to download. Most files are saved into your computer's 'Downloads' folder. All delivery is electronic. No physical product is shipped.
Credit and Scope of Use
You can use your digial image any way you want! Our digital images are unrestricted by copyright and can be used, modified, and published freely. The textual description that accompanies the original antique map is not included in the sale of digital images and remains protected by copyright. That said, we put significant care and effort into scanning and editing these maps, and we’d appreciate a credit when possible. Should you wish to credit us, please use the following credit line:
Courtesy of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps (https://www.geographicus.com).
How Large Can I Print?
In general, at 300 DPI, you should at least be able to double the size of the actual image, more so with our 600 DPI images. So, if the original was 10 x 12 inches, you can print at 20 x 24 inches, without quality loss. If your display requirements can accommodate some loss in image quality, you can make it even larger. That being said, no quality of scan will allow you to blow up at 10 x 12 inch map to wall size without significant quality loss. For more information, it is best consult a printer or reprographics specialist.
Refunds
If the high resolution image you ordered is unavailable, we will fully refund your purchase. Otherwise, digital images scans are a service, not a tangible product, and cannot be returned or refunded once the download link is used.
Cartographer
Jean Pierre Gustave Dratz (Jean Dratz, Belgian Dubout; March 16, 1903 - October 12-13, 1967) was a Belgian painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and caricaturist. He was born in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium. He received degrees in Law and Economics from the Université libre de Bruxelles but maintained a lifelong passion for art. This passion he inherited from his father, Constant Dratz (1875 - 1946), an artist best known for illustrations for the Belgian worker's movement and sober landscapes. Jean Dratz worked as an illustrator and co-founded the Belgian satirical artist association 'Mine Souriante.' He later worked on the design for the Brazil and Chile Pavilion at the 1935 Brussels Exposition Universelle and the Congo Pavilion at the 1958 Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles. During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II (1939 - 1945), he kept under the radar by avoiding politically volatile subject matters. Nonetheless, during this time, he was the artist director of the Flemish edition of Bravo! Due to Nazi censorship, he was forced to replace the newspaper's popular American comic strips, such as Flash Gordon with local strips, leading to the rise of the post-war comic industry in Belgium. More by this mapmaker...