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New York

Date1841

MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on paper, lined with linen

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 22 7/8 x 27 1/2in. (58.1 x 69.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 24 3/8 x 28 7/8in. (61.9 x 73.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 24 3/4 x 29 1/4in. (62.9 x 74.3cm)

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of the state of New York. The boundary lines are marked with broken solid lines and pink watercolor. There are several solid black lines that have been colored red or green. None of the places on the map are labeled; instead, there are numbers and letters, some marked with circles, that correspond with information in the key, published separately from the map. Natural features include elevation, conveyed with hachure marks, rivers, Lake Ontario, part of Lake Erie, and part of the Long Island Sound.

Object number2012.312.222.6

InscribedRecto, top left, printed in black ink: "No. 8. / Mitchell's Series. / OF OUTLINE MAPS FOR / THE USE OF / ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS."

Bottom left, printed in black ink: "Published by / MATHER, CASE, TIFFANY & BURNHAM, / Hartford."

Bottom left, printed in black ink: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1841 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the clerk's office of the district court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania."NotesCartographic Note: No scale

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