Map of Philadelphia with a Historical Tribute to its Volunteer Fire Companies

Name: Map of Philadelphia with a Historical Tribute to its Volunteer Fire Companies
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13541
Price: 625 USD
Availability: InStock

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Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Kind: Maps
Size: 54.4 × 75.9 cm (21.4 × 29.9 in)
Condition: Good. A colorful example with some minor creasing. There are a few narrow dampstains along the top sheet edge and some minor edge tears along the bottom sheet edge.
Places: Pennsylvania
Reference: BG-13541

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A map of the City of Philadelphia as a tribute to the city's volunteer fire companies, drawn by Jacob Riegel and published by The Insurance Company of North America (INA), the oldest insurance company in the United States, founded in 1792. The title is lettered across the foot, and the sheet is printed in color.

At the center is a reproduction of A. P. Folie's plan of Philadelphia, issued in 1794, only two years after the founding of the INA, when the city was the capital of the nation. The Schuylkill River appears at the top and the Delaware at the bottom, crowded with ships. Added to the plan are 36 "Engine & Hose Houses" and 33 important buildings, with a numbered key at left, in a red-and-black overprint. A decorative title cartouche with a coat of arms sits at the right of the plan.

Flanking the map, in two broad bands, are vignettes of fire-fighting scenes, and rows of firemen in the uniforms of different periods run along the top. Hand-drawn fire engines, from early hand pumpers to steam engines, run in a line along the bottom.

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