France: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map Olin Dows 1933 woodcut Perhaps he was a sailing

Perhaps he was a sailing instructor

A simple but lovely little whimsy

and the patina is really quite a beautiful thing

Good for holding while contemplating the meaning of the universe

and which I have not attempted to clean

France: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map Olin Dows 1933 woodcut Perhaps he was a sailingI forever have an eye out for hand drawn maps of all sorts, and especially ink and watercolor ones of this ilk, which I believe were done in school as part of geography class (can you imagine?!) These (this is one of five I am listing) I purchased from a seller near to me in Massachusetts, who dates them to 1840 or so based on a map of the United States done by the same person, which included Texas Territory (Texas became a state in 1845). To me these