Henry Schenck Tanner
Map of Mexico and Guatemala

PublisherAmerican, 1786–1858
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Map of Mexico and Guatemala
Date1834
PlacePennsylvania, United States
MediumPaper
DimensionsImage: 11 5/8 × 14 3/4 in. (29.5 × 37.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 × 22 in. (45.7 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.76.172
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionCartographer Henry Schenck Tanner was born in New York in 1786 and established his publishing company in Philadelphia. Among his achievements, Tanner is remembered as the publisher of Stephen F. Austin’s first map of Texas in 1830. This map, published in 1834, delineates “Austin’s Colony” within the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1976.
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Printed lower center below image: 30 Longitude West From Washington 25

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