Schoolgirl Watercolor Map of the World

Description:

Schoolgirl Watercolor Map of the World, Susan Bartlett Warner, 1823, a spreadwing eagle holds a ribbon labeling two hemispheres below with polychrome outlines of countries, signed and dated at bottom "COPIED/BY/Susan Bartlett/Warner/1823," in a black-painted frame, ht. 20 1/2, wd. 28 1/2 in.

Provenance: Parke Bernet, American Heritage Society auction, November 15, 1974, Lot 1277; Nina Hellman, Bedford, New York, October 1976.

Exhibitions: Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,200-1,800

Wrinkles at left and right sides. The left edge has tear extending about 1 inch into the globe. The right edge has a tear extending across the lower edge of the left globe.


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