SOLD Early 1850s Hand-drawn Ink and Watercolor Map of South America polychrome santos The dramatic curve of the

The dramatic curve of the road (I assume) at the right

Stenciled coloration

The black paint of the shoes was topped with varnish

but I loved it so much there was no way I was not going to rescue it

A few dings to the surface of the painting here and there

SOLD Early 1850s Hand-drawn Ink and Watercolor Map of South America polychrome santos The dramatic curve of theI managed to find the published map this hand drawn one was based on, printed as a engraving in Samuel Augustus Mitchell's(1792 1868) Mitchell's School and Family Geography, 1839. Though interesting now to see Chili spelled with an "i" and Buenos Ayres as a country, etc., this hand drawn version is pretty true to the published one except a million times better for being hand done! Excellent hand lettering in a young hand all over, and wonderful