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New London Pictorial Map
New London Pictorial Map
New London Pictorial Map
New London Pictorial Map

Map, Connecticut, New London, Pictorial, Harve Stein, Vintage Print, 1946

$850

Harve Stein (1904-1996) (artist)
Tercentenary Map of New London and Vicinity
1946
Print, uncolored
11.25 x 18 inches, ruled border
12.5 x 18.75 inches, overall
$850

A pictorial map by the prolific illustration artist Harve Stein of New London, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound, with surrounding coastal towns from Saybrook and Old Lyme to Mystic and Watch Hill, and including Fisher’s Island. It was issued on the 300th anniversary of New London. The Connecticut River, Niantic River, Thames River, Mystic River and Pawcatuck River are shown. The cartouche of the map illustrates “bold Indians, heroic pilgrims, hardy whalers, staunch seamen” representative of the town’s history. The cartouche also includes a compass rose in the bottom center. The decorative border is centered at the top with a display of shells and a star fish. This map is apparently rare. We were unable to locate any institutional or other examples. The Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound are decorated with pictorial illustrations including a clipper ship, sealife such as lobsters, soft shell crabs and a whale, as well as depictions of “Neptune himself” and “Ye beautiful mermaid.” The map also labels sites essential to Long Island history such as the Lyme Arts Association and Marine Historical Association. Factoids are included such as “artists and actors hold forth here” in the Old Lyme and Soundview region. This map is apparently rare; we have been able to locate only one other extant example.

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Harve Stein was born in Chicago, Illinois to German immigrants. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, before moving to the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan with his wife Hope Stein. In 1927 he started illustrating stories for Scribner’s Magazine and the Sunday Magazine of The New York Herald Tribune. While in New York, Stein studied under Harvey Dunn at the Grand Central School of Art. The classes were conducted under a tall skylighted ceiling on the top floor of the actual train terminal on 42nd Street and Park Avenue. In 1931, Stein gravitated to illustrating fiction stories for The Delineator, Woman’s World, The American Girl, The Farmer’s Wife, and Liberty. In 1933, he illustrated Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and Little Men for Garden City Publications. Stein left the city for Groton, Connecticut in 1946 – the same year he designed the offered print. In 1947 he took a position as a painting instructor at the New London Art Students League in Connecticut. Stein died in Stonington, Connecticut, at the age of 92 on November 30, 1996.

Condition: Generally very good, recently professionally cleaned and restored with light remaining toning, wear, handling.

References:

“Harve Stein.” Connecticut Creative Places. https://connecticutcreativeplaces.org/people/stein-harve (14 March 2025).

“Harve Stein.” Pulp Artists. https://www.pulpartists.com/Stein,Harve.html (14 March 2025).

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20th Century

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