Ellie Acker's c. 1840s Watercolor Map of the Southern United States Sambura fertility doll Unknown maker

Unknown maker

poetry-writing and much much more

and a minor flaw in the paper (not a tear) resulting in a faint horizontal line that runs across the middle of the vulture's body

16 x 12 1/4”

Ellie Acker's c. 1840s Watercolor Map of the Southern United States Sambura fertility doll Unknown makerYou know I love a hand drawn map, even more so a watercolored one, and I love how the color on this one, depicting "the Southern states" nearly obscures its details, such that, if one didn't know better, it might be read as pure abstraction. Of course the outlines give it away instant recognizability that speaks to it as being a much a symbol icon as map. The inclusion of Arkansas (admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state) date the