Brown Thrush June 18th 1834 Turdus Rufus Linn & Wilson Cartographer_Samuel de Champlain And to render it useful

And to render it useful to mariners

he was quickly placed under the patronage of the Sun King

”  His 1846 update still didn’t correctly locate the Rio Grande or El Paso

Large folio lithograph (26 ¼ x 37 ¼ inches) with original hand color

Brown Thrush June 18th 1834 Turdus Rufus Linn & Wilson Cartographer_Samuel de Champlain And to render it usefulWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Brown Thrush June 18th 1834 Turdus Rufus Linn & Wilson Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower right Paper size: 12 x 17 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