New Map of Connecticut
PublisherPublished by
Samuel D. Tilden
(American, 1828 - 1893)
PrintmakerLithographed by
Bingham & Dodd
(1860 - 1878)
Date1872
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper, lined with paper, in cardboard covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 20 3/4 x 27in. (52.7 x 68.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 21 3/4 x 27 3/4in. (55.2 x 70.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 21 3/4 x 27 3/4in. (55.2 x 70.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1951.38.0
DescriptionPocket map of the state of Connecticut, with the border of Massachusetts to the north, the border of Rhode Island to the east, part of Long Island and the Long Island Sound, and the border of New York to the west. The state is divided into counties, which are outlined in red, and towns, which are colored red, green, pink, yellow, blue or peach. Roads and railroad lines are depicted on the map, including the Portchester and Ridgefield; New York, New Haven and Hartford; New Haven and Northampton; Housatonic; Shepaug; Connecticut Western; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill; New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic; Boston and New York Air Line; Shore Line; New London Northern; and Norwich and Worcester Railroads. Population tables for the towns in each county are shown on the left and right sides of the image.
Label TextSamuel D.Tilden is perhaps best known as the partner of Alden Baker in the firm Baker & Tilden, which published an important early atlas of Hartford County in 1869. After the partnership dissolved, Tilden continued in the map publishing business, turning out "new maps" of Connecticut year after year through the 1870s and 1880s.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 4 1/2 milesStatus
Not on view
Lucius Stebbins & Co.
1859