Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2397Location: BostonDate / Time: February 17, 2008 11:00AM
Description:
Group of Eight Watercolor and Ink "Schoolgirl" Maps, executed by Maria Butler at the Young Ladies Seminary, Utica, New York, dated 1815-1820, including maps of Massachusetts, six celestial maps of the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere and various months, and a title page describing the four seasons, sizes vary, each approximately 20 by 18 in.
Provenance: Descended in the Butler and Buck families of Utica, New York.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
tears and losses on edges.