Object Number 1954.0026.001

Object Name

Map

Title

VERMONT/ From actual Survey

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Dean A. Fales, Jr.

Creator (Role)

Amos Doolittle (Engraver)
05/18/1754-01/30/1832
References: Groce and Wallace, Artists in America (1957). Doolittle is perhaps less remembered for his cartographic works - he produced many of the early best maps of New England, most notably for Mathew Carey in Philadelphia.

Matthew Carey (Publisher)
01/28/1760-09/16/1839

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Carey printed and published this work in Philadelphia.

Secondary Place of Origin

New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Doolittle engraved the plate in New Haven.

Date

1795-1818

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription ; Top center above border; Engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved.
2. Inscription; Bottom in cartouche at lower right; Dedicated & Engraved by Amos Doolittle N.H.

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

21.25 (H) , 16.8125 (W) , 14.875 (Image H) , 11.9375 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

53.975 (H) , 42.704 (W) , 14.875 (Image H) , 11.9375 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 15.375 in. (39.05 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 12.375 in. (31.4 cm). Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Carey, Matthew

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

From Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1795, first ed.). Subsequent editions were published in 1796, 1800, and at frequent intervals until 1818. Needs to be researched if this map appeared in all editions or if can be identified as coming from one in particular. Weak impression.

Object Description

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