Historic Map : Mitchell Map of Wisconsin, 1849, Vintage Wall Art

This is a beautiful example of Samuel A. Mithcell's 1849 map of Wisconsin. The map covers the early county borders of the state and notes towns, cities, rivers, roads, and other topographical features. The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure.

Mitchell published this chart in his atlas from 1846 to the late 1850s before discontinuing the series and selling his map plates to DeSilver. This map was issued in the 1849 edition of the New Universal Atlas. It was the last edition of that atlas to be published by Mitchell prior to selling the plates and rights to the atlas to Thomas Cowperthwait in 1850.