Connecticut

DraftsmanDrawn by Samuel Lewis American, 1754 - 1822

Date1804

MediumEngraving; black printer's ink and watercolor on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 7/8 x 9 3/4in. (20 x 24.8cm)
Platemark (height only): 8 1/2in. (21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 3/4 x 10 1/4in. (22.2 x 26cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionThe state of Connecticut, with Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York State to the west. The state is divided into counties that are labeled and delineated with dotted lines and colored outlines. Elevation is conveyed with hachure marks, and other natural features include rivers, ponds, islands, harbors, reefs and points. Roads are also shown, along with numbers that presumably represent distances in miles.

Object number1946.17.2

MarkingsRecto, top left corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "MAPS / Box / 235"

Verso, center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, lower right, printed in black ink: "CONNECTICUT"

Lower right, printed in black ink: "Drawn by S. Lewis"

Verso, top left, handwritten in pencil: "Maps / Flat / 168"

Top left, handwritten in pencil: "Deacidified / 10/25/99"

Center, handwritten in pencil: "55493"

Bottom left, handwritten in red ink: "55493"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "#24"

Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "55493"

NotesCartographic Note: 10 miles to one inch

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