Digital Image: 1930 Charles W. Smith Pictorial Map of Historical Virginia
VirginiaHistorical-smith-1930_d
Title
A Historical Map of Virginia.
1930 (dated) 24.25 x 32.5 in (61.595 x 82.55 cm) 1 : 2100000
1930 (dated) 24.25 x 32.5 in (61.595 x 82.55 cm) 1 : 2100000
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.
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Cartographer S
Charles William Smith (1893 - 1987) was an American art professor, printmaker, and painter. Born in Lofton, Virginia, Smith attended the University of Virginia, the Corcoran Art School, and the Yale School of Fine Art. He moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1925, establishing himself as a commercial artist with the printing from of white and Shepperson. His first teaching position was in 1927 at the Richmond School of Social Work and Public Health (Richmond Professional Institute and then VCU). Over the course of his teaching career, he held positions at the University of Richmond, the College of William and Mary, and the New York School of Printing. He also served as the chair of the art department at Bennington College from 1936 to 1947, and at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. During his career as a professional artist, Smith exhibited works at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Charles W. Smith died in Charlottesville in 1987. More by this mapmaker...
August Hoen and Company (fl. c. 1840 - 1981) was a Baltimore based engraving and lithography firm active in the middle part of the 19th century. A. Hoen and Co. was originally founded by Edward Weber under the name 'E. Weber and Company.' Weber died in the early 1850s and his company was taken over by German immigrant August Hoen (18?? - 1886) and his brothers, Henry and Ernest Hoen. As general interest lithographers, the Hoen firm's corpus includes posters, cigar boxes, sheet music covers, and posters as well as maps. They are best known for their pioneering multi-color lithographic techniques. After the death of August Hoen, the business passed on to his son, Albert Hoen. Another son, Earnest A. Hoen, moved to Richmond, Virginia and opened a branch of the firm there where he was granted a charter to produce Civil War era Confederate Currency. Their contributions to the cartographic field are generally in association with engraving and printing work done for Jacob Monk and the U.S. Geological Survey. The Hoen family maintained an active interest in the firm for the next 100 years or so until it finally filed for bankruptcy in 1981. Learn More...
References
OCLC 40854552.