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Welcome to the on-line catalog of Prints George historic map, print, & booklet reproductions. And thanks for stopping by. We hope you'll enjoy exploring this site and have fun discovering the variety of interesting and unusual prints, &c within. You might even have a few good laughs while doing so -- or at least chuckle at our cheesy animations.

Note that all Prints George historic reproductions are Y2K compliant and will not disappear during the new millennium. We know of no other print-sellers making this claim. Our present ordering system will be upgraded to a fully functioning market basket in the future. In the meantime, you can print out our order form and convenient price list for easy reference to Prints George items.

"Vicky" (a.k.a. Queen Victoria) will be your on-line hostess and personal guide through the domain. She's a lovely woman, really, but can get a bit "cheeky" at times. Jane Austen will host the Bureau of Information and provide you with some delightful commentary on the times, as only she can. And Art Eccles will guide you through a series of interesting historical writings.

Each page in the main area of Prints George offers you a fascinating view through the window of history and features prints, &c. that were very popular during the Georgian, Regency, and early Victorian eras. In addition to our exclusive line of historic print reproductions, we offer-- FREE --a variety of period recipes, jokes, facts, and anecdotes, which you can access through the main page and print out for reference.

Enjoy your time here, and please come back to visit us often. As we acquire new items, we will be updating our print sections. The bureau of information, recipes, jokes, and pot-luck pages will be updated frequently with new and interesting facts, foibles, and follies. Whether or not you purchase a Prints George print or other item, you’re always a welcome guest here. The coffee and cyber-donuts are on the counter. Kick off your shoes, relax in the comfy chair, and enjoy the show.

Timely advice:

If you are using an older browser and/or modem, you could probably engrave these print images faster than they’ll download. Therefore, we suggest that you either upgrade your browser/modem combo, or learn the fine art of engraving. Your choice.

To achieve the full effect of this site, we recommend that you have Chancellor, Duchess, Elegance, Majestic, and Regency type files (or similar) on your hard drive. Otherwise, the pages may look like something Picasso or Dali painted, rather than Lawrence, Reynolds, or West. In lieu of that, a quart of good quality single malt scotch will do; in which case, it really won't matter what the typefaces and artwork look like. We strongly suggest that all non-drinkers go for the typefaces.

You might even want to pop a classical music disc into your CD-ROM drive for appropriate background while viewing this site. Mozart on a kazoo or ocarina is definitely out, though. And PLEASE!!!--no little doggy choruses woofing the tunes of Johann Sebastian Bark, arias from Fido and Aeneas -- or, God forbid -- Poochini operas!

Prints-ly pleasures:

We’ve had fun collecting these prints &c. over the years, and believe that they all make interesting decorative and research items. The originals are very difficult to find today and, for this reason, we decided to reproduce items from our collection so others could enjoy them. They're all more beautiful than can be shown with the low resolution website images, but this on-line catalog will give you a good idea of subject matter. Although some of our maps and prints are not yet available, we hope to reproduce them in the near future.

A number of our historic jigsaw puzzle prints and other items were acquired from Judith Lassalle, a delightful Londoner whose family has been in the business of selling children’s toys and games since 1765. Diverse treasures have been added to our collection over the years during our trips to Europe and ‘antiquing’ expeditions here in America. Frank Kravic (formerly a partner of Associated Antiquarians) kept us broke for decades, as did Whitlock’s Book Barn (the print loft, in particular). Several fine print shops in London, Munich, Salzburg, Stockholm, and Vienna have also been beneficiaries of our largess. ;-)

Though we have ceased production of the dissected pictures (jigsaw puzzles), which gained us election to the Early American Homes Crafts Directory (twice) under our guise of ‘Puzzled Expressions’, we do sell reproductions of some of the puzzle prints with their box labels, because they are historically important and entertaining. You may even want to use them to make your own jigsaw puzzles.

About us:

Lord of the Manor: I am a writer by profession (advertising, business, and new media, web content, etc.), and was elected to both Who’s Who in Advertising and Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America. This has gone a long way toward validating my parents work ethic, plus their investment in a good education. It also helped to erase some of my youthful indiscretions -- or at least paint over them. By avocation I am an historian and have been a member of the Brigade of the American Revolution for 25 years. I also served as Special Consultant and contributing scholar to the PBS series LIBERTY: The American Revolution; contributed to an A & E Biography on Madam Tussaud; and served as a consultant to the latest PBS series on Ben Franklin (see the Production notes area).

I am now studying classical guitar, so --- Christopher Parkening, John Williams, Julian Bream and Elliot Fisk -- watch out!
This study has led me to a very interesting discovery (the unearthing of a heretofore undiscovered group of music found in an old shop manual of the Bach Motor Werkes, an early 19th century Steam Carriage company). When research is through on the company, I will post it to this site, along with midi files of the music of Jacques O.F.N. Bach owner of the BMW Steam-Carriage works in London.

Once in a while I do something rather eccentric, like road testing our 1768 Comtesse de Province sedan chair for Car & Driver magazine (April, 1992 issue). This mis-adventure was perpetrated at the urging of William Jeanes, and I was assisted by equally culpable friends John Conway and Gary Dolderer. We have abandoned our plans for 'running' The Comtesse in the 24 Hours of Daytona, due to a lack of humor and/or understanding on the part of the race committee.(Well, that, plus the want of a proper running shoe sponsor). This does not, however, preclude our entering the Port-O-San 100 yard dash, or bidding for a team slot on the Formula 1 circuit.

Currently, I am developing a series of mystery novels set in Regency England and plan to tender my first manuscript to Michael Seidman during the upcoming year [carefully wrapped around a bottle of rare small-batch Bourbon]. Beyond that, a Knighthood would be a nice addition to my credits. I would also love to have John Steed’s Bentley or Bertie Wooster's Lagonda in my garage. In lieu of either, I’ll settle for a nice old mahogany Chris-Craft, Garwood, or Hacker inboard to tow behind our 1936 Ford Woodie. But, enough about me...(you can stop snoring at this point).

Lady of the Manor: My wife, and undisputedly the better half of our team, has a background in art history, and is also a fine photographer. She was made in America with Swedish parts. By profession she is a picture editor for books and CD-ROMs. Although she is too humble to admit it, she is one of the best in her field. She also makes the greatest Swedish meatballs in the universe (from her mother’s recipe). And for all I know, she may have been Jim Henson’s inspiration for the Swedish Chef; “Meurpp, Meurpp. Veer de voor de veurr!” Since my wife has been able to put up with my sense of humor for 27 years, you should suffer no unusual reactions to it during your time on our site--except, possibly, spewing coffee on your computer screen.

The Manor: We are now living in Paradise on Cape Cod. The house plans for our property in Brewster are continually being revised; so we're renting a neat little Cape Cod house in the Bass River section of Yarmouth. The cats are planning their first trip to the herring run in Brewster, but currently content themselves with fishing down in the Bass River. If you’re visiting the Cape, stop by and say hello. We will allow you to buy us a fine dinner.

Kind regards,

~Robert & June Whitworth