Indian Village at Esquimalt with Canoes
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 x 7 1/16 inches (12.7 x 17.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.58
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextKane described this scene in Pictorial Sketches: "The Songas village with the landing of the Indians after being out gathering Camass - this root grows in great abundance on Vancouver's Island and some of the small plains on the island are literally covered with a blue carpet of the flowers of this plant - between 2 + 3 thousand indians were collected together on this spot employed in the harvest - the bay is named after the plant being called the Esquimalt or the place for gathering Camass."
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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