Poussin, Guillaume Tell
1834

Early plan of the Erie and Champlain Canals

Plan du trace de Canal Erie et du Canal Champlain. Etat de New-York.

DESCRIPTION: Very scarce original copperplate engraved of the Erie Canal (opened 1825) and the Champlain Canal by French engineer Guillaume Tell Poussin. Begun in 1817 and opened in its entirety in 1825, the Erie Canal is considered the engineering marvel of the 19th Century.

Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Includes profile of Erie Canal and Champlain Canal and view of covered bridge.

Plan du trace de Canal Erie et du Canal Champlain. Etat de New-York. // Plan du Port de Presqu'ile et du Barrage construit pour approfondir son entrée. // Détails de construction du pont de Mr. J. Town.

Published in: "Travaux d 'ameliorations interieures projetes ou executes par le Gouvernement General des Etats-Unis d 'Amerique, de 1824 a 1831"; par Guillaume-Tell Poussin … Atlas. Paris, Anselin, Libraire, pour l 'art militaire, les sciences et les arts, rue Dauphine, No. 36, dans le passage Dauphine. Carilian-Goeury, Libraire, des ponts et chaussees et des mines, Quai des Augustins, No. 41. 1834. Imprimerie de Lachevardiere, rue du Colombier, No. 30.

CREATOR: Poussin, Guillaume Tell

PUBLICATION DATE: 1834

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Gulf of Mexico

CONDITION: Very Good  A handsome example. Copperplate engraving on wove paper with minimum 1 inch margins all around. No defects. One vertical fold, as issued, with trace of age toning.

COLORING: Attractive hand color.

ENGRAVER: Adam

SIZE: 21 " x 15 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 53

PRICE: $350

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