Sled Dogs Decorated for a Wedding Party
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1848
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 9/16 x 9 1/2 inches (14.1 x 24.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.123
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"We had three carioles and six sledges with four dogs to each, forming when on route a long and picturesque cavalcade: all the dogs gaudily decortaed with saddle-cloths of various colours, fringed and embroidered in the most fantastic manner, with innumerable small bells and feathers, producing altogether a pleasing and enlivening effect." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XXII
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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