The Old Print Shop

Town of Barnstable, Mass.

  • ARTIST: George Walker

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Geo. H. Walker & Co. 81 Milk St., Boston

  • MEDIUM: Hand colored lithograph

    DATE: 1880

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 16 x 26 1/2" (406 x 665 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine map from Walker's "Atlas of Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The Walker Company was formed in the late 1870's by George Hiram Walker and his brother Oscar. They were very prolific, publishing maps, atlases and bird's eye views of New England locales. This particular atlas of Cape Cod is one of the earliest of Walker's works and among the most difficult to find. Two maps on one sheet.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for tear in lower margin, one inch into image. Original hand coloring.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps