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

Historic Map : Mitchell Map of Scotland, 1849, Vintage Wall ArtThis is a fine example of and S. A. Mitchell's 1854 map of Scotland. It covers all of Scotland from the Orkney Islands to Wigton. An inset in the upper left quadrant depicts the Shetland Isles. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Mitchell published this chart in his atlas from 1846

This is a fine example of and S. A. Mitchell's 1854 map of Scotland. It covers all of Scotland from the Orkney Islands to Wigton. An inset in the upper left quadrant depicts the Shetland Isles. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure.

The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. 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.