Map of Ohio, Compiled from the Latest and Most Authentic Information
PublisherPublished by
Willis Thrall
(American, 1800 - 1884)
Date1835
MediumEngraving; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper, in cardboard covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 22 1/2 x 21 1/2in. (57.2 x 54.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 22 3/4 x 21 7/8in. (57.8 x 55.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1951.36.0
DescriptionMap of the state of Ohio, with part of Michigan and Lake Erie to the north, part of Pennsylvania to the east, the Ohio River to the south, and part of Indiana to the west. The state is divided into townships, which are colored green, blue, pink or yellow. The Miami Canal and the Ohio and Erie Canal are shown (although the Miami Canal is not labeled), and profiles of both appear in the lower left corner. Physical features depicted include rivers and lakes. The cartouche contains a depiction of Cincinnati.
Label TextUnlike many of the maps produced in Hartford in the 1830s, Willis Thrall's map of Ohio is apparently not a reprint of a map originally published elsewhere. Thrall first published his map of Ohio in 1832; this map, printed in 1835, is a later edition. Although Connecticut relinquished its claims to the Western Reserve--the northeast part of Ohio--at the beginning of the nineteenth century, people from Connecticut maintained many close connections with that state. There may well have been a market for an up-to-date map of Ohio in Connecticut, and it's also possible that Thrall marketed his maps in Ohio as well. Thrall published a number of pictorial prints by the Kellogg brothers,a firm of Hartford lithographers whose lithographs from this period often show up in Ohio collections.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals about 12 milesStatus
Not on view
Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1834
Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1835
