Red River Settlement
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions9 x 13 7/8 inches (22.9 x 35.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.139
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"This settlement is the chief provision depôt of the Hudson's Bay Company.... Fort Garry, one of the most important establishments of the company, is erected on the forks of the Red River and Assiniboine.... On the opposite side of the river is situated the Roman Catholic church, and two or three miles further down there is a Protestant church." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter V
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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