Sold for:
$296
$296
Schoolboy Map of Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut Bay, "Drawn by Daniel F. Draper 1831," Dedham, Massachusetts, watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, with key below, (toning, small punctures along top and bottom edges), sight size 13 1/2 x 16 in., in a later frame. Provenance: A note dated 1923, affixed to the reverse, reads: "This map was drawn by David Fisher Draper, nine years old, living where he was born on his father's farm in West Dedham, Mass. He was the son of Deacon Martin Draper. The map came to his daughter Mary Draper Cobb and was given by her to her daughter Ruth December 25th 1923."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
