Museum purchase, 1949.18.0 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

County Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

DraftsmanDrawn by William Henry Gamble American, active 1867 - 1887

PrintmakerEngraved by William Henry Gamble American, active 1867 - 1887

Date1862

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/8 x 13 5/8in. (28.9 x 34.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 x 15 1/4in. (30.5 x 38.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionMap of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, from the borders of Vermont and New Hampshire to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Long Island and the Long Island Sound to the south, and New York to the west. The counties are outlined in broken solid lines and colored pink, blue, yellow or green. Cities are marked with open circles, with capital cities denoted with closed black circles. Natural features depicted include elevation, conveyed with hachure marks, rivers, lakes and islands.

Object number1949.18.0

MarkingsVerso, center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, bottom right, printed in black ink: "COUNTY MAP OF / MASSACHUSETTS, / CONNECTICUT, / AND / RHODE ISLAND."

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "Drawn and Engraved by W.H. Gamble Philada."

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "15."

Bottom left, printed in black ink: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the US for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "No 6 / o[illegible]"

Bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "1862"

Verso, top left, handwritten in red ink: "57764"

Top left, handwritten in pencil: "Print / Drw 2 / #33"

NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 15 miles

Medium Note: Despite the fact that this print is signed by engraver, it is actually a transfer lithograph. During this period, lithography was rapidly replacing engraving as the primary means of reproducing maps.

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