Colton's Connecticut
PublisherPublished by
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
(American, founded 1865)
Date1879
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 17 1/4 x 24 1/4in. (43.8 x 61.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/2 x 28 1/4in. (44.5 x 71.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1981.143.2
DescriptionMap of Connecticut, with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, part of Long Island and the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. The state is divided into counties, denoted with broken solid and dotted lines, and towns, denoted with broken solid lines. Natural features depicted include rivers, ponds, lakes, islands, points and harbors. Population centers are denoted with criss-crossing lines that probably represent streets. The New York and New Haven; Danbury and Norwalk; Housatonic; New Haven and Northampton; Naugatuck; Boston and New York Air Line; and the New York and New England, railroad lines are shown and labeled. On the back there is text describing Missouri, Montana, Minnesota and Mississippi, under the heading, "The United States of America," indicating that this map came from an atlas.
Label TextGeorge W. and Charles B. Colton took over the map publishing business of their father, Joseph Hutchins Colton about 1865. This map-publishing dynasty was responsible for a huge number of maps, atlases, and guidebooks produced between the 1830s and the 1890s. This large decorative map of Connecticut, was copyrighted in 1879 and includes Newington, Beacon Falls, and Thomaston, the three towns incorporated in the 1870s. Although it appears large enough to have served as a wall map, it was actually a double-page spread in a large atlas; the text on the back describes the states of Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Montana.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1:300,000Status
Not on view
