Prints

Gift Shop: Prints

Historic Charleston Map
$40.00

This map of historic Charleston shows original high tide water lines, fortifications, boroughs, great fires, historic information, etc. compiled and delineated by Alfred O. Halsey, May 1949, superimposed upon City Engineers map drawn by Jos. Needle 1946. The color print measures 20″ x 26″.

 

Scenes of Eldorado #1
$5.00

By Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Design one of two.

 

Scenes of Eldorado #2
$5.00

By Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Design two of two.

 

 

Cooper River Plantations Map
$20.00

“Map showing the plantations along the Cooper River as they were in the year 1842″

 

 

 


Volunteer Fire Department
$15.00 

Vintage (1974) Bicentennial edition print of “Officers of the Volunteer Fire Department, Charleston, South Carolina 1841″ by Christian Meyr.

 

 

The Secession Banner
Sale! $10.00

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union. This banner was present at Secession Hall where this event took place. The prints were copied from the original which hangs today in the Fireproof building.

 

 

The SCHS is pleased to offer for sale two prints of artist Carroll N. Jones, Jr. These paintings have hung in the main reading room at the SCHS library since the 1970s. The paintings were commissioned by long-time supporter James Lewis Kirby. These limited edition prints measure 23″ x 35″, unframed.

The Execution of Isaac Hayne
Sale! $20.00

“One of the Exchange building’s most famous prisoners was South Carolina Patriot Col. Issac Hayne. Charged with treason, Hayne was found guilty and sentenced to death without a proper trial. He was held in a room in the provost dungeon with nothing but the coffin he was to be buried in. Although both Patriots and Loyalists protested to the British headquarters, Hayne’s execution was carried out on August 4th, 1781.”  From the Society’s CD, Revolution (see SOFTWARE).

 

 

Battle at the Coosawhatchie

Sale! $20.00

On May 3rd, 1779, Patriot forces clashed with British forces at the Coosawhatchie River near Beaufort, South Carolina. Also depicted in the painting is the dramatic rescue of the wounded Patriot leader Colonel Laurens from the battlefield by Captain William Hazzard Wigg. 

The John Henry Dick Collection

The South Carolina Historical Society is honored to sell these wonderful color prints of the work of John Henry Dick (1919-1995). Mr. Dick was an artist, author, naturalist, photographer, world traveler, and conservationist. A native of New York, Dick moved to South Carolina in 1947 and made his home at Dixie Plantation near Meggett. He contributed illustrations to numerous books on birds and natural history including South Carolina Bird Life (1949), Florida Birdlife (1954), The Warblers of America (1957), A Gathering of Shore Birds (1960), Carolina Lowcountry Impressions (1964), and The Birds of China (1984). In 1979, Dick published Other Edens, an illustrated account of his nature travels.

Print title: “Himalayan Monal or Impeyan Pheasant”, 11″ x 14″
$15.00

 

 

 

 

Print title: “Mandarin Drake”, 11″ x 14″ $15.00

 

 

 

 

 

Print title: “Waldaff (The Charmer)”, 11″ x 14″
$15.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print title: “Bachman’s Warbler”, 11″ x 14″
$15.00

 

 

 

 

 

Print title: “Cooper River Jump Shooting”, 11″ x 14″
$15.00

 

 

 

 

 

Print title: “East African Crowned Cranes”, 11″ x 14″

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