The American Bittern Reduced A. Minor July 18 1845 Artists_Pierre-Joseph Redouté after August 1739

after August 1739

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

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

but in the process he created one of the most beautiful and distinctive works of botanical art of the modern era

Moran's images have grown in appeal

The American Bittern Reduced A. Minor July 18 1845 Artists_Pierre-Joseph Redouté after August 1739WILLIAM 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