Great Britain and Ireland: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map antique pips and both lovely things to

and both lovely things to carry around (both of really nice weight

housed in a red satin draw string pouch embroidered with an ace of diamonds on one side and a five of diamonds on the other

I especially love that up-turned big toe

nude but for her cap

Great Britain and Ireland: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map antique pips and both lovely things toI 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 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 are beautiful in a similar way to