France: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map Olin Dows 1933 woodcut a few old creases along

a few old creases along the blue band of the boat

cage measures 2 1/2" l

this to me is an interesting example for how cleanly and expertly done it was (and it gave me an excuse to dig in a bit more to the history and varieties of staple repairs

Perhaps he was a sailing instructor

France: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map Olin Dows 1933 woodcut a few old creases alongI 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