Wonderful Large 1817 Hand-drawn Ink and Watercolor Map of Africa by Lucy Davis baseball mitt 5 7/8" long fully extended

5 7/8" long fully extended

There is a taped repair to the bottom right corner

6 1/2" tall x 5 1/8" wide

with the mirror-like surface of the daguerreotype making images like this all the more so

Wonderful Large 1817 Hand-drawn Ink and Watercolor Map of Africa by Lucy Davis baseball mitt 5 7/8" long fully extendedMy photos (shot through glass and in absence of a good spot for shooting large work) do no justice to this fantastic large hand drawn map quite a thing I think; view details to get at least a bit of a sense, though color is brighter and bolder in person. Found in Maine, and I believe American, it was signed by a Lucy Davis in 1817. (I have found records of a number of different Lucy Davis', and concentrations of the Davis family in Virginia and North