Sharp Shinned Hawk Sept 6 1834 Falco Velac Wilson Plans and Views Mitchell relied heavily on maps

Mitchell relied heavily on maps of New France by prominent French cartographers Jean-Jacques Bellin and Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville

Adelomyia Castaneiventris (Chestnut-bellied Adelomyia)

and it is thought that Tanner hastily prepared this edition in order to capitalize on the commercial opportunities

ruled in gilt

but they also explored overland in three groups

Sharp Shinned Hawk Sept 6 1834 Falco Velac Wilson Plans and Views Mitchell relied heavily on mapsWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Sharp Shinned Hawk Sept 6 1834 Falco Velac Wilson Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower right Paper size: 17 x 12 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