Museum purchase, 1972.36.55.8 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Africa

PrinterPrinted by Bingham & Kelly American, 1857 - 1859

PublisherPublished by O. D. Case American, 1826 - 1903

Date1857

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 22 5/8 x 27 1/4in. (57.5 x 69.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 24 5/8 x 28 7/8in. (62.5 x 73.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 25 x 29 1/4in. (63.5 x 74.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionOutline map of Africa, with countries divided by broken solid and dotted lines. They are numbered instead of labeled. There are also smaller numbers and circles that correspond with a key published separately from the map. Natural features include elevation, depicted with hachure marks; deserts, depicted with clusters of dots; rivers and islands.

Object number1972.36.55.8

InscribedRecto, bottom left, printed in black ink: "Mitchell's Series / OF / OUTLINE MAPS, / FOR THE USE OF / ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS, / REVISED AND IMPROVED. / No. 8. / HARTFORD, / PUBLISHED BY O.D. CASE & CO."

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 Dist. Court of the Eastern Dist. of Penn."

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by O.D. Case & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of Conn."NotesCartographic Note: Scale: About one inch equals 200 miles

Constituent Note: Mitchell's Series of Outline Maps were first issued in 1841 by Mather, Case, Tiffany & Burnham of Hartford, Connecticut and Augustus Mitchell of Philladelphia.. In 1857, the maps were updated and resissued. This time the printing was done by a new lithography firm, Bingham & Kelly and the maps and the accompanying key were published by O.D. Case & Co., both in Hartford.

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