Old Map of Washington DC, 1855 by Colton - Georgetown, Capitol, Monument, President's White House, Smithsonian Size:28x40in (70x100cm) including the Caledonian Railway

including the Caledonian Railway

though it's more like a named landmass rather than the Vatican that you'd recognise today

to render this work more acceptable to the curious

and in the top left Preston

some Roman coins found in the county

Old Map of Washington DC, 1855 by Colton - Georgetown, Capitol, Monument, President's White House, Smithsonian Size:28x40in (70x100cm) including the Caledonian RailwayThis map of Washington, D. C. was created and published in 1855 by J. H. Colton, one of the 19th century's top mapmaking firms. This is an extremely high quality city plan with a huge amount of detail. By the mid 1800s, most of D. C. had been laid out but many of the blocks hadn't yet been constructed. Some of the most important buildings and institutions of the United States of America are clearly visible on this map, such as the Capitol Building,