Catalog Archive
Auction 194, Lot 317

"Mexique", Duvotenay, Thunot

Subject: Southern United States & Mexico, Texas

Period: 1846 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9 x 12.2 inches
22.9 x 31 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Centered on Mexico and the Southwest, this map features an independent Republic of Texas in its smaller configuration, and depicts the Southwest region that would later become Arizona, New Mexico , Utah, Colorado, and California (here called Nouvelle Californie and Ancienne Californie). The inset Guatemala shows most of Central America through Costa Rica, all labeled Guatemala.

References:

Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with light scattered foxing.

Estimate: $130 - $160

Sold for: $95

Closed on 9/13/2023

Archived