Virginia Woodcuts
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).
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
- 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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