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1960 Ernest Dudley Chase Map of Cape Cod (with Kennedy Compound)
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Title
1960 (dated 1956) 16 x 12 in (40.64 x 30.48 cm) 1 : 260000
Description
Publication History
Chase first drew this map in 1949. It proved popular and was issued in large, medium, and small formats. The present example is a small format issue. In 1955 Clara Chase, Ernest's wife, revised the map and reissued the copyright in her own name. A later revision followed in 1960 in which 'President Kennedy's Summer Home' was added to the map near Hyannis Port. This time Clara's imprint has been removed and replaced by the imprint of the Atlantic Card Company.Cartographer
Ernest Dudley Chase (July 26, 1878 - August 25, 1966) was an American illustrator of greeting cards and pictorial maps active in the first half of the 20th century. From his studio in Winchester, Massachusetts, Chase became famous for his elaborately illustrated pictorial maps. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and attended the Lowell Textile School and the Vesper George Art School. He took work with Butterfield Printing Company in 1900. In 1906, he moved to the W. T. Sheehan Printing Firm. He began producing postcards and greeting cards on his own account in 1908. This initial imprint was Des Arts Publishers, but later, he changed it to Ernest Dudley Chase Publishers. Chase is best known today for his distinctive pictorial maps, most of which he published privately, characterized by dense vignette images of important locations. The biographical pamphlet A Meticulous Maker of Maps describes Chase's attention to detail wherein, pursuing a 'passion for perfection' by stippling his images 'dot-by-dot, with tiny pens' under a magnifying glass. His impressive corpus includes nearly 50 maps focusing on various parts of the United States and Europe, as well as other international locations and novelty pieces. Most are thematic, focusing on topics such as wonders of the world, stamps, aviation, and war. Others, such as his map of The United States as viewed by California and Loveland are satirical. All, in their original editions, are coveted by a dedicated following of modern collectors. More by this mapmaker...