[Allegorical frontispiece to Colton's General Atlas.]
F.A. Chapman del. C. Wise Sc. [New York; J.H. Colton, c.1850.] Steel engraving. Sheet 470 x 375mm (18½ x 14¾"). Creased at bottom below image. An allegorical scene with four female figures representing the sciences related to mapping gathered around a globe, one of whom is pointing to America. Around them are the tools of geographers and navigators: a telescope, sextant, compass, palette and brushes, reference books and hourglass. Behind is a town and harbour.
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