Willis Hutchinson 1883 Pair of Maps of Home Town + Note chalkware because I just can't resist

because I just can't resist a sweet carved thing

with the iron 5/8" thick

The text below: At last this hero draws quite near

and layers of color surrounding him to make it seem as if he's enveloped by a throne

which definitely give the game added weight

Willis Hutchinson 1883 Pair of Maps of Home Town + Note chalkware because I just can't resistThis pair one a map of "the block," the other a note with map of town on the back indicating the location of "our house" should the recipient of the note want to come "surprise us" I found along with a small sketchbook by a Willis Hutchinson, dated 1883 84, filled with drawings of people and houses and animals and ships and all sorts of other little things. Based on the names of streets and their configuration here, I believe our Willis likely lived