Major Sebastian Bauman, To His Excellency Gen. Washington... Plan of the Investment of York and Gloucester..., Philadelphia, 1782, uncolored engraving on watermarked laid paper, plate 17-1/2 x 15-1/4 in, sheet 25-7/8 x 18-1/8 in.; modern 18th century style parcel gilt print frame, 33-1/2 x 25-3/4 x 1/2 in.
Provenance: Henry G. Taliaferro Rare Maps and Prints, New York, NY, September 2003 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $160,000); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Note: For more information, see Margaret Beck Pritchard and Henry G. Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude (2002), pp. 292-293, no. 68.
Note: As this map was published by subscription only, few sheets were printed with even fewer copies surviving. In his Atlas of the American Revolution, Kenneth Nebenzahl refers to this map as the "first American map of the war's greatest victory," and "a cornerstone document of our national heritage."
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Henry G. Taliaferro Rare Maps and Prints, New York, NY, September 2003 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $160,000); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
archivally framed, hinged to mat at top edge, conservation and restoration to all edges, numerous repaired closed tears notably along the top edge with some slightly into image, loss along right edge restored with retained piece, repaired small hole above Wormley's Creek, some scattered areas of minor discoloration; frame in overall good condition
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