Vassar College Maps and Books of the American Revolution and a very fine example

and a very fine example

Manuscript map in ink and watercolor of the southern portion of North America and northern Mexico

at the beginning of the Revolutionary War

His inquiries in New Orleans caused him to respond with regret that “there are I believe (no maps of Louisiana) extant that can be depended upon …”

Between 1840 and 1860

Vassar College Maps and Books of the American Revolution and a very fine exampleRichard Rummell Vassar College Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 15 x 22 At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed. Unlike