Ernest Dudley Chase Research Paper

This map is officially titled “Moore-McCormack Lines Pictorial Map of South America,” It was painter by Ernest Dudley Chase in 1942 and Published by Rand McNally in Chicago. Ernest Dudley Chase, a graphic artist, lived from 1878 to 1966 and was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. From there he attended the Lowell Textile School and later the Vesper George Art School of Boston. When he was around 22 years old, Chase joined the Butterfield Printing Company and in 1906 switched to the W. T. Sheehan Printing Firm. He started Des Arts Publishers, his own greeting card company later known as Ernest Dudley Chase Publishers, in 1908 and authored The Romance of Greeting Cards in 1926. The Romance of Greeting Cards was a book on the history of the greeting card industry. While greeting cards are perhaps his more famous work, maps were also a special talent of Chase. …show more content…
It has an attractive design with many vignette images. These images are extremely detailed and include components such as tourist attractions, official buildings, animals, stones, and agriculture of South America. Cities, landmarks, rivers, and mountain ranges can also be depicted throughout the map. These vignettes are included in specific countries, such as Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and more. The map also includes a portrait of Simon Bolivar, who once stated that “We shall not see, nor the generation which follows us, the triumph of the America we are building.” Many colors are used to liven these images, such as pastel pink, yellow, blue, purple, green, and black. Along with illustrations of the characteristics of each country, this map also provides the Moore-McCormack cruise routes from New York to South America. The Moore-McCormack had these maps printed by Rand McNally to use as propaganda for their company and many are still preserved