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Virginia Woodcuts

Author Julius John Lankes American
Publisher The Virginia Press, Inc. American
1930
Not on view
Half title, frontispiece, title page, introduction, list of illustrations, 28 wood engravings including frontispiece, head-pieces, etc., acknowledgment, colophon. Bound in gray-green paper boards, cream paper spine. Illustrated title label pasted on front cover, and label with title pasted on spine. No. 63/1200.
Frontispiece: Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg.
Introduction headpiece: landscape with a chapel.
List of plates headpiece: landscape with a house and barn.
Plate I: Peyton Randolph House, Williamsburg.
Plate II: Mulberry Tree.
Plate III: Winter in Williamsburg.
Plate IV: Virginia Farmhouse.
Plate V: Bew's.
Plate VI: Briarfield.
Plate VII: Waller House, Williamsburg.
Plate VIII: Saunders House, Williamsburg.
Plate IX: Glasgow House, Williamsburg.
Plate X: St. George Tucker House, Williamsburg.
Plate XI: Cottage in Williamsburg.
Plate XII: Swinging.
Plate XIII: In Virginia.
Plate XIV: Yorktown Inn.
Plate XV: Oyster Boats, Hampton.
Plate XVI: St. John's Church, Hampton.
Plate XVII: St. Paul's Church, Norfolk.
Plate XVIII: The Path.
Plate XIX: Affliction.
Plate XX: The Crabber.
Plate XXI: Massey's House.
Plate XXII: The Lane.
Plate XXIII: Worn Road.
Plate XXIV: Farmyard.
Below colophon: 1607 ship (printed in red).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virginia Woodcuts
  • Author: Julius John Lankes (American, Buffalo, New York 1884–1960 Durham, North Carolina)
  • Publisher: The Virginia Press, Inc. (Newport News, Virginia)
  • Date: 1930
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: Volume: 13 × 10 3/16 in. (33 × 25.8 cm)
    Sheet: 12 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (32.7 × 25.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.40
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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