Antique Chart of the Population of the United States by Walker '1874'

1874 · Views & Engravings

Antique Chart of the Population of the United States by Walker '1874'

Name: Antique Chart of the Population of the United States by Walker '1874'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11875-3
Price: 335 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1874
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 41 × 55 cm (16.1 × 21.7 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, minor wear. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Reference: BG-11875-3

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The population of each state by origin, an original color lithograph (Plate XX) from the Statistical Atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870, compiled by Francis A. Walker and published in 1874. The title block describes a chart showing the principal constituent elements of the population of each state, as foreign, native, colored and native white, and as born within or without the state of residence.

The sheet is a chart rather than a map. Each state is drawn as a rectangle whose area is proportioned to its population, and the rectangles are laid out in rows from the smallest at the top left to the largest, New York, at the lower right, with Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania in the bottom row. Within each rectangle, colored bands in pink, brown and gray divide the population into the groups named in the key at the upper right: those born in the United States and in the state, those born elsewhere in the country, the foreign born, and the colored. An explanation of the method is printed in small type at the upper left.

Walker directed the ninth census, and the atlas turned its returns into graphic form.

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