MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Cartographer_Gerard Mercator 1768–1772

1768–1772

Pope came to North America for the first time in 1834

16 ¼ x 21 inches

Howes W-114 ('the only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer')

Wilkes surveyed portions of Antarctica that today are named for him (Wilkes Land)

MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909-1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Cartographer_Gerard Mercator 1768–1772MARGARET MEE (BRITISH, 1909 1988) Heterostemon mimoscoades Gouache over pencil on paper removed from sketchbook, with small pencil sketch verso Inscribed with location Rio Araca, Amazonas Caatinga and date Oct[ober]. 1970 Image size: 8 x 11 1 2 in. Frame size: 19 x 23 in. Provenance: Margaret Mee $5,800. A field sketch of a Heterostemon mimosoides from the caatinga (ie forest growing on light, sandy soil). In her diary of her sixth expedition, Mee