Drawing in red chalk on hand-ruled paper by an unidentified artist, of the decorative cartouche for John Mitchell's Map of the British and French dominions in North America. Represented in the drawing are two Native American figures in the lower right corner, a colonial port scene in the lower left corner, and cherubs holding a British crest and flag at the top. Corn and palm trees form the side borders
Description:
John Mitchell (1711-1768), was a British botanist, physician, and cartographer. He created A Map of the British and French dominions in North America (London: Andrew Millar, 1755), also known as the Mitchell Map, later used in negotiating the 1783 Treaty of Paris., No linguistic content., Title devised by cataloger., and Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Title devised by curator., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 98 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title devised by curator., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 71 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title devised by curator., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and center of plate, which probably contained engraved lettering, has been trimmed away., and On leaf 61 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Title devised by curator., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 24 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.