Historic Map : Mitchell Map of New Jersey, 1854, Vintage Wall Art

This is a beautifully detailed version of S. A. Mitchell's 1854 map of New Jersey. extending vertically northward from Delaware Bay and Cape Bay, it depicts railroads, canals, rivers, State Parks, and bays to reach Pennsylvania on its left and New York on its right. It includes a list of the railroads serving the State on the left border, as well as an inset of a statistical table listing population in various towns, counties and periods on the lower left quadrant. The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure.

This map was prepared by S. A. Mitchell for publication by the Philadelphia firm of Thomas Cowperthwait and Co. as plate no. 12 in the 1854 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas. Dated and copyrighted, 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by Thomas Cowperthwait and Co. in the Clerk's office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.'