Ellie Acker's c. 1840s Watercolor Map of Four Middle States Plus Maryland and Virigina industrial object Rhodes himself fulfills a lesson

Rhodes himself fulfills a lesson in perspective by filling the open pages of the pre-printed book with a summation of his life:

and his giant walking feet

and fairly unusual for being primarily white

And while one there are some later sets out there also published by Hans Huber

is included

Ellie Acker's c. 1840s Watercolor Map of Four Middle States Plus Maryland and Virigina industrial object Rhodes himself fulfills a lessonOne of two more maps today by Ellie Ackers, by whom I had one other, of the southern states, sold last week. C. 1840s, this one depicts "the middle states plus Maryland and Virginia" as Ellie writes neatly at the bottom of the page. I love the boldness of the color, which nearly obscures the ink drawn written details, which note states, rivers, lakes, bays, and mountains, and a couple of cities and I'm glad to see New York in blue (though not