Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands: Colton, 1862

Title: Comparative Size of Lakes and Islands Author: J. H. Colton  Date: 1862 Medium: Hand colored steel engraving Condition: Toning throughout with darker tide mark in top half of left margin, moderate foxing, vivid hand color  Inches: 17 1/4 x 14 1/2 [Paper] Centimeters: 43.82 x 36.83 [Paper] Product ID: 308053 An uncommon engraving depicting the key lakes and islands of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.  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