Snipe Shooting, Long Point, Lake Erie Cartographer_Thomas Johnston More scholarship may finally ascertain

More scholarship may finally ascertain the author and precise date of this map

the final version was sanctioned by the British Board for Trade and Plantations in London

He was raised in France until 1803

but Robert’s superior talent was quickly recognized

Snipe Shooting, Long Point, Lake Erie Cartographer_Thomas Johnston More scholarship may finally ascertainWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) Snipe Shooting, Long Point, Lake Erie 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