Map of The Garden of Eden, 1783 British Ink on Laid Drawing, Framed carved primitive brush So many portraits

So many portraits

with cartouche shape to the red and black grain painting on the lid

Photos are in chronological order with the exception of a few favorites up front

) as they surround Mary and Baby Jesus in this 19th c

and may have lived in this lovely hand-carved framed since the beginning

Map of The Garden of Eden, 1783 British Ink on Laid Drawing, Framed carved primitive brush So many portraits(Much better in person, both bolder and more precise feeling and one can just feel the age of the paper even through the glass) Pretty special I think, a loose drawing from the partial 1783 notebook of an Alexander, last name unknown, listed separately (which includes what seems to be of a bit of astronomy, a bit of geometry, a bit of history and what not.) I don't believe I've ever seen such a matter of fact sort of map of the Garden of Eden before,