Samuel Augustus Mitchell Washington, D.C., 1880

A richly detailed cartographic rendering of the nation's capital captures Washington, D.C. at a pivotal moment in its development, presenting the city's signature diagonal boulevards, the Potomac's graceful arc, and the orderly grid of its federal district with the confident precision characteristic of late nineteenth-century American atlas cartography. The surrounding counties of Maryland and Virginia extend to the sheet's borders, lending the composition both geographic breadth and a satisfying sense of place within the broader regional landscape.

Samuel Augustus Mitchell and his successors were among the most prolific and widely distributed American map publishers of the nineteenth century, producing atlases and individual maps that balanced scientific accuracy with an accessible, decorative sensibility — works that now occupy a respected place in the history of American publishing and cartographic art. Mitchell maps from this era are consistently sought by collectors drawn to Americana, presidential and federal history, and the visual culture of the Gilded Age.

Handsomely scaled for presentation, this piece suits a library, study, or any interior where a refined sense of American history and place is welcome.

Details

• Dimensions: 36 x 29 1/2 in

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