Colton`s Hindostan or British India

1855

Original hand-coloured engraving on paper

16.75 x 14 in (42.8 x 35.7 cm)

This beautiful original hand coloured map of the Indian subcontinent comes from one of the most famous American cartographers J H Colton. The spiral motif border is quite typical of Colton's maps. It is an extremely detailed map of region showing cities, mountain ranges, railroads, rivers, topography etc. The map is beautifully hand coloured in pink, green, yellow and blue pastels to define various presidency towns. Inset map of British territories in Burma and South East Asia in the map.

"Joseph Hutchins Colton (July 5, 1800 - July 29, 1893), known professionally as J.H. Colton, founded an American mapmaking company which was an international leader in the map publishing industry between 1831 and 1890.

Colton was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and moved to New York in 1831 to establish his firm. Colton went on to create railroad maps, immigrant guides, folding pocket maps, large wall maps, and elaborate atlases.

J.H. Colton Company maps were printed using engraved steel plates, which produced higher quality prints than maps made with less costly wax engravings. They were often individually hand water coloured and were recognized for their decorative borders." (Source: Wikipedia)

This work will be shipped unframed

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