The American Bittern Reduced A. Minor July 18 1845 Artists_Pierre-Joseph Redouté leaving the actual year open

leaving the actual year open to debate)

Because the 1837 smallpox epidemic killed more than half the Blackfeet and almost all the Mandans

A fine pair of attractive library globes on elegant “Georgian” stands

his lithographs remain the principal medium by which his message was conveyed

after August 1739

The American Bittern Reduced A. Minor July 18 1845 Artists_Pierre-Joseph Redouté leaving the actual year openWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) The American Bittern Reduced A. Minor July 18 1845 Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower left Paper size: 15 x 10 7 8 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