Sharp Shinned Hawk Sept 6 1834 Falco Velac Wilson Plans and Views ruled in gilt

ruled in gilt

Adelomyia Castaneiventris (Chestnut-bellied Adelomyia)

Mitchell relied heavily on maps of New France by prominent French cartographers Jean-Jacques Bellin and Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville

and it is thought that Tanner hastily prepared this edition in order to capitalize on the commercial opportunities

Sharp Shinned Hawk Sept 6 1834 Falco Velac Wilson Plans and Views ruled in giltWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Sharp Shinned Hawk Sept 6 1834 Falco Velac Wilson Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower right Paper size: 17 x 12 in. Provenance The artists family and thence by descent. Exhibited: Simcoe Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, Birds of a Feather, 3 31 May 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Eva Brook Donly Museum, May 7 June 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, 4 August 3 September 1989