William Byrd II and His Lost History: Engravings of the Americas
- ISBN-10
- 0879350881
- ISBN-13
- 9780879350888
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Authors
- Margaret Beck Pritchard, Virginia Lascara Sites
Description
An 18th century copperplate illustration, discovered in Oxford in 1929, was used to guide the restoration and reconstruction of several Williamsburg buildings. This information was appreciated but a discovery was made when more copperplates which came to light in 1986 were linked to the 1929 Oxford copperplate. This book pieces together the mystery of when, how, and why these copperplates were made. The authors link these illustrations to texts written (and to texts now lost) by one of the most prominent Virginians of this period, William Byrd II. Byrd (1674-1744) was a prominent plantation-owner, author, romantic scoundrel, and politician who is generally seen as the founder of the city of Richmond.
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