Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope antique draughts and then these thin trails

and then these thin trails of lines surrounding them like a soft cloud

meaning that all those many many chip carved bits are small in scale and were very precisely laid

and the bright red horse

but it seems she may be wearing a few straps

Showing a strong Japanese influence

Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope antique draughts and then these thin trailsThis is the sort of thing that breaks my heart and makes me glad to be human. Just over 2 inches in diameter, it is a tiny ink and watercolor map of Europe on paper, done with extreme care (can you imagine?) by a Latitia Heston, mid 19th century or so, who signed her name to the reverse, following a verse, that indicates it was made as a token of friendship: In all the varying scene Which fate or fortune send When distance intervene Remind thee of a