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A Map of the Colony of Rhode Island: with the adjacent Parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay &c., from the London Magazine

Engraver Thomas Kitchin British
Printer Robert Baldwin, London British
1778
Not on view
England's first literary periodical, the London Magazine, regularly published maps of Britain's rebellious American colonies during the Revolutionary War (1775-81). This 1778 example shows Massachusetts over Connecticut and Rhode Island, with tip of Long Island at lower left and the Atlantic Ocean below.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Map of the Colony of Rhode Island: with the adjacent Parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay &c., from the London Magazine
  • Engraver: Thomas Kitchin (British, Southwark 1719–1784 St. Albans)
  • Printer: Robert Baldwin, London
  • Date: 1778
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (inlaid): 7 1/16 × 9 3/8 in. (17.9 × 23.8 cm)
    Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 3/8 in. (24.1 × 26.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1200
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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