Black Squirrel
English surveying and mapmaking methods developed during the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530 when large amounts of formerly Church land came onto the onto the private market were employed and refined in North America
The first and most famous cartographic expression of “manifest destiny
resort all the unclean birds of the country
complete with a short biography of Moran and twelve reproductions of his paintings
Robert, Nicolas (French, 1614-1685) or school of Chevalier combattant (Philomachus pugnax). Paris: 17th-century. 072622 Black SquirrelROBERT, Nicolas (1614 1685), or school of Chevalier combattant (Philomachus pugnax). Paris: third quarter 17th century. $165,000. 00 Single sheet, vellum (14 4 8 x 12 inches), fine original graphite, watercolour and guache drawing of a Ruff, surrounded by a border of liquid gold, and numbered "167" in pencil lower right. Provenance: with Christie's Paris, 1st April, 2016, lot 41 Nicolas Robert was one of the greatest natural history artists of the