Lovely Hand-drawn Surveyor's Map #2: 100 Acres for Leven Waller, 1875 snapshot of clowns Painting itself on wood panel

Painting itself on wood panel measures 11 7/8" x 9 1/2"

dividing the cat into pixels

and zig zag patterns across every surface

with plenty of aging to the paint but no losses to the wood

Such baskets were only produced at specific times of year

Lovely Hand-drawn Surveyor's Map #2: 100 Acres for Leven Waller, 1875 snapshot of clowns Painting itself on wood panelI always have an eye out for hand drawn maps, but it is a rare and happy moment to find one as charming as this, with little ink drawing of a house, pointing hand, and a bit of watercolor embellishment too. One of three listed today by a surveyor William A. Jones in the late 19th century this one showing a 100 acre plot surveyed in 1875 for an "Acy Leven Waller"as detailed at one end. Wonderfully done. 9 3 4" x 7 3 4" as shown in first photo, folded