The Peowit Flycatcher April 4 1836 Muscicapa nunciola Wils./ Snow bird Mar 31 1835 Fringilla nivales Wilson paintings and drawings these stunning ornithological watercolors date

these stunning ornithological watercolors date from around the time of Robert’s period in Louis XIV court

1830Diameter 18 in

[text in block at lower left] Hæ insulæ primum detecta fuere ao

It is a just subject for national pride to see a work of this character

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The Peowit Flycatcher April 4 1836 Muscicapa nunciola Wils./ Snow bird Mar 31 1835 Fringilla nivales Wilson paintings and drawings these stunning ornithological watercolors dateWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) The Peowit Flycatcher April 4 1836 Muscicapa nunciola Wils. Snow bird Mar 31 1835 Fringilla nivales Wilson Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower left Paper size: 14 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,