A Winter Scene in the Rockies

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Datec. 1846

Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper

Dimensions5 5/16 × 8 7/8 inches (13.5 × 22.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.18

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"Nov. 10th.- We had not proceeded far before the horses stuck fast in the snow, and we were obliged to encamp on the spot to give those men who were unprovided time to make snow shoes, without which they could not proceed." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XI

ProvenanceArtist; by descent to his grandson, Paul Kane III [1889-1958], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; purchased September 17, 1957 through (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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