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- VINTAGE MAP CANVAS ART: You’ll love this high-quality canvas art reproduction of 1871 Virginia Map Canvas Art. Our ready-to-hang maps are printed and framed in the USA by professional art framers using the highest quality materials. Each order is inspected for quality. This beautiful artwork is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Vintage maps look great in the home, study or office. They also make an unforgettable gift.
- A LOOK BACK AT HISTORY: This is an impressive, historic reproduction of 1871 Virginia Wall Map. A true piece of history. Historic prints beautifully link the past with the present. You may find yourself staring at your historic wall art for hours in amazement. See our product description section for more fascinating information about this historic map and its significance.
- QUALITY CANVAS: To display this amazing piece of history, we use museum-quality heavyweight (400gsm), satin/gloss, American made canvas. Our canvas is OBA-free which allows the print to retain its color quality for generations. The canvas displays vintage map art with accurate color reproduction. This high quality canvas print will be a wonderful addition to your vintage-themed wall.
- READY TO HANG: This high-quality canvas wrap wall art displays beautifully in almost any environment. The stretcher bar is made out of kiln-dried poplar wood. This canvas wall art has a 1.5 inch wrap on each side. Our canvas wrap prints are made-to-order in the USA by professional art framers. Frames arrive ready-to-hang, preinstalled with hanging hardware.
- HISTORIC PRINTS: We love history and art. Sometimes old maps have tears, folds, stamps, separations and other blemishes. We digitally restore and enhance maps while keeping its historical character. Customers all over the world love our historic prints and we know you will too.
Additional Information
Published in the same year as the landmark Supreme Court ruling Virginia v. West Virginia which created the two states, this stunning pierce of cartographical history, immediately transports the viewer back in time. This separation had long been a source of debate between the counties in northwestern Virginia, who were staunchly pro-Union before the secession of the State in 1861 at the launch of the Civil War.
The 1870s were a period of significant transition for Virginia as the State rebuilt itself from the destruction of the Civil War, and this maps reflection of land ownership and the property owners' names provides a unique insight into the cultural network that was in place. Richmond had been made the capital of the confederacy and been partially burned before the Union's capture of the city in 1865. The State rejoined the Union in 1870 under the leadership of the Committee of Nine; a group appointed to revise the State's Constitution.
County land ownership maps are valuable tools to genealogists and allow historians to create a reconstructed vision of nineteenth-century life. This publication's contributor Matthew Fontaine Maury was a prolific American cartographer and served as a Confederate Navy Officer. The port and Naval bases in Virginia's Newport News and Norfolk are some of the most significant in the United States.
This detailed depiction of the land ownership and property lines is a link to Virginia's rich history and illustrates the populations and notable residents in a period of great transition.
Our ready-to-hang canvas wall art prints are made in the USA using the highest quality materials with professional craftsmanship. This beautiful artwork is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Historic prints look great in the home, study or office. They also make an unforgettable gift.
