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Hand Colored Map of Nantucket by Austin Strong (1881 - 1952), circa 1921
$2,800
£2,120.74
€2,435.60
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About the Item
Map of Nantucket by Austin Strong (1881 - 1952), circa 1921, an original print on paper whimsical map of Nantucket Island by Robert Louis Stevenson's step- grandson, noted stage set designer, artist and Nantucket cultural icon Austin Strong. The map illustrates the geographic locations and features on the island, in addition to Austin's own invented Nantucket Coat-of-Arms with Harpooner and Quaker flanking an inscribed shield; compass rose; anthropomorphic East Wind and West Wind; whale ship and clipper ship and frolicking sperm whales; signed and dated in the lower left; the map was hand colored in soft watercolors, either by Austin or the original purchaser of the map; mounted in its original simple pine frame.
The print is in original untouched condition, in its original frame, and is in great condition other than a faint smudge here and there on the margins. The pastel shaded coloring remains strong.
Measures in frame: 17 in H x 19-5/8 in W
One of the great Nantucket personalities of the twentieth century, Austin Strong was a stage designer, theatrical producer, author, landscape architect, Mason, clairvoyant, commodore of the Nantucket Yacht Club (1931 and 1932), founder of the Wharf Rat Club, promoter of and participant in the Nantucket Cottage Hospital “fêtes,” and a leading force in many of the chief island organizations and cultural activities from the 1920s through the 1940s. He designed this map of Nantucket in 1921, the sale of which generated substantial funds for the hospital. In addition to his more formal public art work, Strong delighted in making improvised sketches caricaturing the miscellaneous personalities he encountered on Nantucket and in his travels. Strong spent his childhood years with his step-grandfather Robert Louis Stevenson in his home, “Vailima,” on the island of Samoa, before continuing his education in Wellington,New Zealand, and Monterey, California. After several successful decades producing and writing plays and theatricals on Broadway and in London, Strong began to make Nantucket his regular summer home. In addition to their house on Quince Street, Strong and his wife, Mary, had a boathouse on Old North Wharf, filled with mementos from his childhood and exotic nautical treasures. Friends with fellow Wharf Rat Tony Sarg and a lover of all things relating to the sea, Strong would regale listeners with amusing tales drawn from his childhood in Samoa with his grandfather Robert Louis Stevenson, and his later adventures as a man of the world. Upon arrival in the spring, the Strongs were always saluted at the wharf by a blast of the Wharf Rat cannon. Described by all who knew him as a genial, high-spirited, and charming man, Strong was a “master of pantomime.” (The Nantucket Art Colony, 1920-45. An NHA Digital Exhibition. 2007).
- Dimensions:Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)Width: 19.63 in (49.87 cm)Depth: 0.63 in (1.61 cm)
- Style:Folk Art (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1921
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Nantucket, MA
- Reference Number:Seller: AD - AS-1 HE1stDibs: LU903947722272
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