PLAN DE LA VILLE DE MEMPHIS (ETATS-UNIS) 40,000 HABITANTS pen and ink with watercolor hand drawn drainage system map, circa 1870. Depicts a grid street plan of the city of Memphis with labeled street names and bodies of water and lines delineatingdrains, conduits, and reservoirs. Title, lower center under image, key, lower left of image. Unsigned. Housed under glass with an offwhite linen liner in a gilt wood frame with carved squares to corners. Sight – 13 5/8" H x 20 1/4" W. Framed – 21 1/2" H x 27 3/4" W.Provenance: The Guardsmark Collection, Lipman Holdings International, Memphis, Tennessee. CONDITION: Overall good condition with surface scuffs, slight waviness to paper. Possibly deacidified. Not examined outside of frame.