Ribbon map of the Father of Waters, 1866
- Title(s):
- Ribbon map of the Father of Waters.
- Published/Created:
- St. Louis : Coloney & Fairchild, 1866.
St. Louis : Gast, Moeller & Co. lith., cor. Third and Olive Sts., [1866?] - Physical Description:
- 1 map ; 336 x 7 cm, rolled on spool in wooden case 10 x 5 cm in diameter
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsG4042.M5 1866 .R5 FlatYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11766238
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scale varies.
- Notes:
- On label, pasted on: "Patent applied for Edw'd P. Fenn, Gen'l Ag't."
"This patent is for the 'IDEA' ... July 1866, Myron Coloney, Sidney B. Fairchild, inventors & patentees."
"Coloney & Fairchild's patent ribbon maps."
Lithographed, with waters tinted blue.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 619
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
BAC: British Art Center copy mounted on linen; in contemporary wooden case.
BEIN 2017 815: Imperfect: pull out edge of map mutilated, with some loss of text. Mounted on linen in dark blue case.
BEIN 2017 816: Mounted on linen in red blue case.
Designed as a guide for a traveller aboard a steamship. Shows distances, landings, and names of some landowners. - Subject Terms:
- Mississippi River -- Description and travel.Mississippi River -- Maps.Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel.
- Form/Genre:
- Maps.
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