Connecticut

PublisherPublished by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford American, 1802 - 1887

PrintmakerEngraved by George W. Boynton 1809 - 1884

Date1838

MediumEngraving; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/8 x 14 1/4in. (28.9 x 36.2cm)
Platemark (width only): 16in. (40.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 7/8 x 16 1/4in. (32.7 x 41.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of William C. Conklin

DescriptionMap of Connecticut, with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. The state is divided into counties, labeled, hand-colored and delineated with broken solid lines, and towns, labeled and marked with dotted lines. Population centers appear to be marked with clusters of small dots. Elevation is depicted with hachure marks. Rivers, lakes and ponds, points, harbors and islands are depicted and most of them are labeled.

Object number1971.71.11

MarkingsVerso, center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, top left, printed in black ink: "16"

Right side, handwritten in pencil: "Bradford + G. / P. 783 / 1842"

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "CONNECTICUT"

Bottom left corner, printed in black ink: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by T.G. Bradford, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts."

Bottom right corner, printed in black ink: "Engraved by G.W. Boynton"

Verso, top left, handwritten in pencil: "10 [circled]"

Center, handwritten in pencil: "82342"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "Map Box / 151"

Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "82342"

NotesCartographic Note: Scale: Almost 3/4 inches equals 5 miles

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