A Wedding Party Traveling by Dog Sledge
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1848
Mediumpencil on paper
Dimensions5 5/8 x 9 3/8 inches (14.3 x 23.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.227
ClassificationsPaper
Label Text"We started as the day dawned, the dogs running at a furious rate, as they invariably do at first starting, and require all the strength and agility of the men to keep the sledges and carioles from upsetting, which they manage to do as well as they can by holding on to a cord attached to each side from behind. Two men go before on the run in snow shoes to beat a track, which the dogs instinctively follow: these men are relieved every two hours, as it is very laborious." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XXIII
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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