Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope pliers whimy and then looping and spiraling

and then looping and spiraling all over the face of the brush in a seemingly improvisatory manner

This poor fellow has lost both forearms and one lower leg too

and the two pots are easily removed

the future wife or artist Thomas Campbell Bennett (1858-1948)

Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope pliers whimy and then looping and spiralingThis is the sort of thing that breaks my heart and makes me glad to be human. Just over 2 inches in diameter, it is a tiny ink and watercolor map of Europe on paper, done with extreme care (can you imagine?) by a Latitia Heston, mid 19th century or so, who signed her name to the reverse, following a verse, that indicates it was made as a token of friendship: In all the varying scene Which fate or fortune send When distance intervene Remind thee of a