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

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

and the snake-like "handle" allows for a good grip making it both very useful and very fun to use

There are certainly some other Oaxacan folk art alebrije owls out there

but a super warm patina

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