1831 West Point Map by Philip St. George Cocke

pen and ink topographical map, signed in ink, "Topographical map of West Point - done with pen by Cadet Cocke 1831.", over faint pencil signature "Cocke", on wove paper, image 7-1/4 x 9-1/4 in., overall 13-1/4 x 14-3/4 in., modern frame; accompanied with engraving of Cocke in uniform, signed "Philip SGw Cocke, modern frame, overall 13 x 10 in.˜˜Note: Brigadier General John Hartwell Cocke, sixth in descent from English immigrant, Richard Cocke, established Bremo Plantation in, Virginia in 1808. John Harwell Cocke?s son, Philip St. George Cocke, graduated 6th in the 1832 class at the United States Military Academy. He established Belmead Plantation in Powhatan County in 1835. A noted brigadier general in the Confederate States Army, Philip St. George Cocke held the line of defense along the Potomac River soon after Virginia seceded from the Union. Philip St. George Cocke also commanded troops at the Battle of Blackburn?s Ford and the First Battle of Bull Run.Provenance: Historic Bremo Plantation, Bremo, Virginia
Condition Report: ÿboth map and engraving laid down, scattered foxing and toning, waterstain (?) to right of mapÿÿ