Antique Map of St. Louis and Chicago

Name: Antique Map of St. Louis and Chicago
Brand: J. H. Colton
SKU: BG-13191-2
Price: 170 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1855
Maker: J. H. Colton
Kind: Maps
Size: 36 × 43.7 cm (14.2 × 17.2 in)
Condition: Fair. Repaired. Wear consistent with age and use. Age-related toning. Minor wear. Repaired tear in left margin (top), also affecting image. English text on verso. Please study image carefully.
Places: Illinois, Missouri
Reference: BG-13191-2

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

Two American cities on a single sheet, an original antique lithograph titled "The City of St. Louis, Missouri" and "The City of Chicago, Illinois", from Colton's General Atlas of the World, published in 1855. The two plans are hand colored and set within the foliate border typical of the Colton atlases.

At the left, St. Louis lies along the western bank of the Mississippi River, with its grid of streets running back from the waterfront and the wards tinted in pink, green and buff. At the right, Chicago is laid out on the shore of Lake Michigan, with the Chicago River dividing the city and the railroads converging from the west and south. Street names, parks and public buildings are lettered on both plans, and a bridge appears across the river at Chicago. Each plan has its own title block, and the ward divisions are picked out in color.

The pairing shows the two Midwestern cities in the mid-1850s, when both were growing rapidly as river and rail centers. Colton, a New York firm, was a leading American publisher of maps and atlases, and its sheets were often hand colored at the time of publication.

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