Colton's Maine: Colton 1855

Title: Colton's Maine Author: J. H. Colton Date: 1855 Medium: Hand-colored lithograph Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, minor surface dirt, few marginal chips and tears Inches: 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 [Paper] Centimeters: 36.83 x 44.45 [Paper] Product ID: 318043 Map of the state of Maine including parts of Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada. Also contains part of the St. Lawrence River, and a portion of New Hampshire. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) moved to New York City from his birthplace of Longmeadow, Massachusetts to start the J.H. Colton Company in 1831. Though he did not come from a cartographic or engraving background, Colton licensed copyrights from other cartographers such as David H. Burr and Samuel Stiles, producing quality reprints with additional engraving and border detail. After ten years of operating with this business model, Colton branched out to produce original maps, and by the 1850s had grown his company into a booming cartographic firm. Though the