Fort Frances

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1848

Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper

Dimensions5 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (14.3 x 23.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.113

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"Aug. 23rd.... At 5 o'clock P. M. we reached Fort Frances, so named after the sister of Lady Simpson." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XXV The fort was named after Lady Frances Simpson, wife of Sir George Simpson of the Hudson's Bay Trader's Company.

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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