Colton's Map of Illinois, with an Inset of Chicago

Name: Colton's Map of Illinois, with an Inset of Chicago
Brand: J. H. Colton
SKU: BG-13191-4
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Maker: J. H. Colton
Kind: Maps
Size: 68 × 44.5 cm (26.8 × 17.5 in)
Condition: Fair. Repaired. Wear consistent with age and use. Strong toning. Original folding line. Shows wear and soiling. English text on verso. Two repairs on small tears in bottom margin and a repaired split on folding line. Please study images carefully.
Places: Illinois
Reference: BG-13191-4

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

Illinois in a county map titled "Colton's Illinois", published by J.H. Colton in New York in 1867. It is a steel-engraved sheet with the counties tinted in pink, green, yellow and buff, a style recognized for its decorative borders and hand water coloring.

The state is drawn in full, from Lake Michigan and the Wisconsin line in the north to the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi at its southern tip. County names, towns and the dense network of railroads are lettered across the prairie, and the rivers include the Illinois, the Rock and the Wabash on the state's borders. The title and a key of symbols are placed at the upper left, within a foliate border typical of the Colton atlases. An inset at the lower left, a plan of Cook County and vicinity of Chicago, shows the city on the lake shore with its railroads fanning out to the west and south.

Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800 to 1893) founded an American mapmaking company that was an international leader in the map publishing industry between 1831 and 1890. Colton maps were printed from engraved steel plates and were often individually hand colored.

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