York Boats on the River
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1848
Mediumpencil on paper
Dimensions5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (14 x 24.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.229
ClassificationsPaper
Label TextKane had joined a brigade of Hudson Bay Company boats for the return journey, "Mr. Harriett's boat, in which I sat, was generally a-head of the party, being lighter and rather better built than the rest. One evening we got to the place Mr. Harriett selected for encampment considerably before any of the others, and I got out my drawing materials and took a sketch of the brigade, as it was coming up with a fair breeze, crowding on all sail to escape a thunder storm rolling fast after them'" Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XXV
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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