Colton's Connecticut with portions of New York and Rhode Island
PublisherPublished by
J. H. Colton & Co.
(American, founded 1831)
Date1855
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 7/8 x 15 5/8in. (32.7 x 39.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/2 x 17 1/2in. (36.8 x 44.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1969.67.2
DescriptionMap of Connecticut, the western portion of Rhode Island and the eastern portion of New York, with the border of Massachusetts to the north and Long Island and the Long Island Sound to the south. Connecticut is divided into counties, separated by broken solid and dotted lines and colored green, pink or yellow, and towns, separated by solid lines. Elevation is conveyed through hachure marks. Other natural features shown include rivers and islands. Common roads are marked with double parallel lines. Railroads are depicted, including the New York and Harlem; Long Island; New York and New Haven; Danbury and Norwalk; Housatonic; Naugatuck; New York and Boston Air Line; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill; New Haven and New London; Willimantic and Palmer, and Norwich and Worcester Railroads. On the back is a page of information about New York State.
Label TextThe New York firm J. H. Colton & Co. was a prolific publisher of maps and atlases. This map of Connecticut first appeared as Plate 17 in Colton's Atlas of the World, published in 1855. This map was later reissued separately in a paper folder, and repeatedly reissued over the next twenty years. These subsequent reissues were periodically updated to include new towns and other changes--but they were not updated very often or very accurately so that the individual editions can be as much as ten years out of date.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: About 1 inch equals 10 milesStatus
Not on view
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