Crow blackbird April 1 1835 Quiscalus Versicolor Vicii Birds/Ornithology Prints Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786)

Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786)

"He compiled a mapmaker's manual usually referred to simply as the 'Geography'

which explains the detail inland

a few stress fractures to the terrestrial

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

Crow blackbird April 1 1835 Quiscalus Versicolor Vicii Birds/Ornithology Prints Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786)WILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Crow blackbird April 1 1835 Quiscalus Versicolor Vicii 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