- Title: City of Washington
- Author: S. Augustus Mitchell
- Date: 1848
- Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, foxing, original hand color
- Inches: 15 5/8 x 12 1/2 [Image]
- Centimeters: 39.68 x 31.75 [Image]
- Product ID: 308425
This atlas map of Washington, D.C. from Mitchell’s Universal Atlas, features distinct ward coloring and details streets, buildings, bridges, railroad lines, and more. It includes a key identifying principal buildings as well as an inset plan of the Capitol.
Background on Creator
Samuel Augustus Mitchell came to dominate the Philadelphia mapmaking market in the 1840s by entering into a partnership with the map draftsman James H. Young and then by absorbing the mapmaking firms of Anthony Finley (1784-1836) and Henry S. Tanner (1786-1858). Like his competitor Alvin Johnson, Mitchell was quick to adopt the technological innovation of lithography in his printing and established himself as the foremost American map publisher of his day. In 1860, he was succeeded by his son, Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Jr. (1826-1882). At its height, the Mitchells’ company may have had as many as 250 employees and sold over 400,000 publications annually.