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Features a remarkable selection of historic Americana, including important 18th-century American furniture and Delft from the collection of Constance & Dudley Godfrey; an exceptionally rare North Carolina survey map; New England & Philadelphia furniture, including an exceptional Philadelphia easy chair & a rare Connecticut Chippendale carved cherry chest in undisturbed surface; from a Revolutionary & patriotic-focused New England collection are rare prints & documents, early brass, ceramics, furniture, & accessories; a group of early portraits features Sully, Stuart, & Sharples; & much more Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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John Mitchell - A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America, 1755-1757
Lot 1119

John Mitchell - A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America, 1755-1757

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John Mitchell, A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America..., London, 1755-1757, rare fourth state, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, in multiple sheets, each sheet approximately 28-1/2 x 39-1/2 in., plate 27-1/2 x 38-3/4 in.; in four wood and plexi frames, each 31-1/2 x 34-1/4 in.

Provenance: Graham Arader Galleries (frame label verso); Private Virginia Collection

Literature: The Southeast in Early Maps by William Cumming, Chapel Hill/London: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, no. 293, pp. 274-275; Degrees of Latitude by Margaret Beck Pritchard and Henry G. Taliaferro, Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2002, no. 33, pp. 168-169

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Graham Arader Galleries (frame label verso); Private Virginia Collection

scattered light staining, toning, and handling creases throughout, some light water staining at edges, some areas of ink bleed/toning

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