Lot 95
Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1792-1868). Map of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. Showing also the Eastern Portion of Idaho from Mitchell's New General Atlas. Steel engraving with hand coloring. Published: 1868, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, by Samuel Augustus Michell Jr. A beautiful map of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota. The map also includes New Mexico, Texas, Indian Territory to the south, Iowa to the east, and Wyoming is described as "Attached to Dacotah". A wonderful piece of geographic history, hand colored and mounted in custom frame comprised of museum grade materials with a triple mat as well as attractive mouldings. Size (sight view): 11.5" L x 14.25" W (29.2 cm x 36.2 cm) Size (frame): 23.5" L x 26.25" W (59.7 cm x 66.7 cm)
About the Cartographer: Dissatisfied with what school maps were available, Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1792-1868) became a mapmaker in the 1830s. In time he created a map publishing business that would make him and later his son among the most prominent American map publishers of the 19th century. Mitchell collaborated with prominent mapmakers and expert engravers of the day, including James H. Young and Henry S. Tanner. In this way, Mitchell ensured that his maps were of the utmost quality. During the 1850s, Mitchell partnered with Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company to publish his "A New Universal Atlas and his General Atlas". In 1860, his son Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr. inherited the Mitchell Company from his father. Among the pioneers of engraving on steel plates, the company specialized in school atlases and wall maps of America for more than thirty years.
Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; Private collection of a Private Colorado Family
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- Condition: Mounted under glass in a custom frame comprised of museum grade materials with a triple mat as well as attractive mouldings. Map has not been examined outside the frame. Map presents with nice hand coloring and normal age wear.
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