The Sheephead June 1845 SouthAmerica with Powell in 1873

with Powell in 1873

Bas is often associated with the production of maps that were both practical tools for navigation and trade and decorative objects of art

as are the wagon roads offering mail service

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

Paris: Chez L’Auteur

The Sheephead June 1845 SouthAmerica with Powell in 1873WILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) The Sheephead June 1845 Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower left Paper size: 7 1 2 x 9 1 2 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 1989 (a selection) Like his