Antique Map of the United States with Vignette of Washington

circa 1875 · Maps

Antique Map of the United States with Vignette of Washington

Name: Antique Map of the United States with Vignette of Washington
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13192-5
Price: 535 USD
Availability: InStock

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Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Date: circa 1875
Kind: Maps
Size: 39.2 × 51.8 cm (15.4 × 20.4 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Age-related toning, original folding line. Shows some wear and soiling, blank verso. Please study images carefully.
Reference: BG-13192-5

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 United States on a hand-colored map titled "Etats-Unis", published in Paris by J. Migeon around 1875. The sheet is an engraving with the states tinted in pink, blue, yellow and green, framed by a yellow border, with a small vignette of Washington at the lower left.

The map covers the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern part of Mexico and Cuba at the foot. The states and territories of the West are drawn with the mountain ranges shaded in dark hachures, among them the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades, and the extensive railway network that had been established by the time of the map is clearly illustrated across the East and Midwest. Indian Territory is named in the south, and the Great Lakes and Mississippi system are drawn prominently. The oval vignette shows a view of Washington, labeled below it, as a decorative device.

Migeon was a late nineteenth century map publisher based in Paris. The sheet shows the country in the years of rapid western railroad building.

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