ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION ART WATERCOLOR, INK AND PENCIL, PICTORIAL MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA SIGNED BY W. W. MILLER, 7-18-38. 

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION ART WATERCOLOR, INK AND PENCIL, PICTORIAL MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA SIGNED BY W. W. MILLER, 7-18-38. PAINTED ON ARTIST BOARD AND SIGNED IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER. PROFUSE MANUSCRIPT TEXT THROUGHOUT. MAP ANNOTATES HISTORICAL PA SITES AND FIGURES. DECORATIVE RULED BORDER LISTS NAMES OF FAMOUS AMERICANS ASSOCIATED WITH PENNSYLVANIA. STATE SEALS AND COAT OF ARMS EMBELLISH THE TRADITIONAL AREAS OCCUPIED BY A CARTOUCHE. LOWER LEFT QUARTER DISPLAYS A MINIATURE MAP WHICH LAYS OUT HISTORICAL BOUNDARY CHANGES AND BOUNDARY DISPUTES (INCLUDING THE CONNECTICUT AND VIRGINIA CLAIMS ON THE STATE.) ICONOGRAPHY RANGES FROM 1763 WHEN COLONEL BOUQUET REMOVED INDIANS IN WESTERN PA TO THE 1794 WHISKEY REBELLION TO CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR ACTIVITY IN SOUTH EASTERN PA. MAP WAS FOUND IN NORTH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. (I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE A VERSION OF THIS MAP THAT MADE IT TO ACTUAL PUBLICATION.)

EXTERIOR DIMENSIONS ARE 30-5/8" X 24". CONDITION; TONING, EDGE BUMPS, OCCASIONAL SCUFFS. DAMP STAIN IN UPPER LEFT VERTICAL MARGIN AS SEEN IN PHOTOS.