Item number: TOW221B
Genuine Antique Hand-Colored Map
1864
Maker: Johnson & Ward.
Antique hand-colored map of the U.S. capital city in the middle of the Civil War, from Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World, showing L'Enfant's famous grid pattern with major thoroughfares radiating from the White House, then called the President's House; the Capitol; and squares and circles of open space throughout the city of Washington D.C. Includes engraved vignettes of the Capitol, Smithsonian, and an early engraving of the future Washington Monument with a fanciful temple-like octagonal base that does not exist today. On this map, the A&W Railroad terminates at Long Bridge, where goods were offloaded, transported over the bridge in omnibuses and reloaded on the other side. Good to Very good overall condition with toning throughout, a few spots of very minor foxing, and some minor roughing/small tears at edges of the paper. Measures approx. 12.5" x 15.5" to the outer edges of the decorative border.
Genuine Antique Map from 1864
Item Number: TOW221B