Gift of Alice Welles in memory of her father Edgar T. Welles, 1915.7.1 © 2012 The Connecticut H…

City of Hartford

PublisherPublished by Isaac Newton Bolles American, 1812 - 1864

Date1840-1850

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 3/4 x 5 5/8in. (17.1 x 14.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 5/16 x 6 3/8in. (21.1 x 16.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Alice Welles in memory of her father Edgar T. Welles

DescriptionMap of the city of Hartford, Connecticut, divided into twelve numbered sections. The streets are all labeled and there are black squares representing the various churches and schools in the city, which are also labeled. The Charter Oak is depicted on Charter Street, east of Main. The Connecticut River and the Little or Mill River (Park River) are the only other natural features depicted.

Object number1915.7.1

MarkingsVerso, bottom, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, top left, printed in black ink: "CITY OF HARTFORD, / Published by / I.N. BOLLES."

Verso, right side, handwritten in pencil: "25766"NotesCartographic Note: No scale

Constituent Note: Although I. N. Bolles was a printer as well as a publisher, he was a letterpress printer not a lithographer and would have relied on a local lithographic firm for the printing of this map. Since more than one such firm was active in Hartford in the 1840s, it is not clear who printed this map.

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