John Mitchell
A Map of the British and French Dominions in American

A Map of the British and French Dominions in American

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A Map of the British and French Dominions in American
ArtistBritish, 1711–1768
PublisherFrench, active 1741–1789
CultureFrench
Titles
  • A Map of the British and French Dominions in American
Date1756
MediumEngraving with outline color on paper
DimensionsSheet (unfolded): 29 9/16 × 21 1/2 in. (75.1 × 54.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object numberB.77.18.4
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DescriptionVirginia native John Mitchell received his education at Edinburgh University and returned to Virginia to practice medicine. Mitchell was also interested in botany and exotic plants, which brought him into contact with George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax and First Lord of the Board of Trade and Plantations. By 1749, Dunk recruited Mitchell to make an extensive map of the British and French colonies in North America, at a time when some believed territorial compromise with the French was possible. Mitchell’s map remained an important touchstone for boundary disputes into the 1800s.
ProvenanceAcquired on Jan. 18, 1977, from Kenneth Nebenzahl, Chicago, Ill.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left in ink reading vertically: Canada 4 flle No 146

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