The American Bittern Reduced A. Minor July 18 1845 Artists_Pierre-Joseph Redouté Two sheets joined (25 x

Two sheets joined (25 x 17 6/8 inches to the neatline

leaving the actual year open to debate)

A pair of globes soon became an essential element in the decoration of a library or study

after August 1739

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

The American Bittern Reduced A. Minor July 18 1845 Artists_Pierre-Joseph Redouté Two sheets joined (25 xWILLIAM 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