Fenner, Marie
1967

Rare 1960's Pictorial Map of Charleston South Carolina Queen City

A Unique Survey of Historic Charleston - Queen City of South Carolina Anno Domini MCMLXVII Marie Fenner

DESCRIPTION: Rare, overlooked 1967 original historic-pictorial map of Charleston, S.C. by artist Marie Fenner, Olde South Galleries, Charleston, South Carolina. Of the six historic-pictorial maps of South Carolina towns that are attributed to Fenner, this item (1967) is the earliest.

A tourist-oriented map of Charleston, the Queen City, full of sketches of local architecture and interesting details of the city. The map's border is surrounded with drawings of local and regional historical scenes including:
  • Willtown Bluff- Edisto Island c. 1807
  • Seed from Madagascar, Carolina Rice Paddies - 1680
  • Charles Town - The Port City - c. 1800
  • The Old Citadel- Charleston's Arsenal
  • Arming the Hunley Submarine February 17, 1864
  • Volunteer Firefighters Organized 1736
  • Charleston Museum Organized 1773
  • Lining House - First Weather Observatory 1738
Only one copy is found online, in WorldCat, at the University of South Carolina, Columbia SC.

Copyright 1967 by Old South Galleries. 2nd printing. This second printing ca. 1967 adds the Gallery's Charleston address next to the copyright date at bottom left: 64 Society Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401. The address is absent in the 1st printing copy held by the University of South Carolina.

Created by offset lithography in 1967 using the halftone process (1). Bottom right corner: Charleston Lithographing Co. On 20th century laid paper with an illegible watermark. Verso is blank



Fenner, Marie


No personal information about Marie Fenner is available online today and the Olde South Gallery has disappeared. The single reference to Fenner I could find is a 1970 article on Columbia, S,C. "Historic Landmarks" (2) Fenner published in the Sandlapper: the Magazine of South Carolina.

See other lithographs by Marie Fenner.

The library at the University of South Carolina contains six of Marie Fenner's pictorial maps that are available online:
  • A unique survey of historic Charleston : queen city of South Carolina. 1967.
  • A new prospect of historic Savannah : sovereign city of Georgia. 1968
  • Ansonborough, Charleston, South Carolina. 1968.
  • Columbia, the beautiful capital city of South Carolina. 1969.
  • Historic Georgetown, and nearby S.C. rice plantations. 1969.
  • Historic Beaufort gem of the South Carolina Sea Islands. 1970.
(1) Halftone is a reprographic process pioneered in the mid-to-late 19th century that simulates continuous-tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. (Online. Accessed 1/23. https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/halftone-effects.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftone.)

(2) Fenner, Marie. Columbia Landmarks. Sandlapper: The Magazine of South Carolina. 1970. Online. Accessed 1/23 .

CREATOR: Fenner, Marie

PUBLICATION DATE: 1967

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Ashley River, Cooper River

CONDITION: Very good.  A couple of very short marginal tears closed archivally from the verso.

COLORING: Color halftone offset lithograph attributed bottom right: Charleston Lithograph Co.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 22 " x 18 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 500

PRICE: $695

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