Bear Hunting Cartographer_Thomas Johnston the forests of the north

the forests of the north

The artist showed American expansion as a fated conclusion

represents one of the first attempts to reconcile classical geography with the new discoveries of the Age of Exploration

as indicated by the 1805 issue of the National Intelligencer and 'Washington Advertiser': The author (Lafon) has described the counties of the territory according to the new plan of division

including Britain's own aspirations for possession of Texas and part of the disputed regions in Oregon Territory

Bear Hunting Cartographer_Thomas Johnston the forests of the northWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Bear Hunting Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower left Paper size: 9 5 8 x 11 3 4 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 fellow