Fort Vancouver
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Datec. 1846-1847
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions8 x 13 3/8 inches (20.3 x 34 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.214
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"Fort Vancouver, the Indian name of which is Katchutequa, or 'the Plain,' is the largest post in the Hudson's Bay Company's dominions, and has usually two chief factors, with eight or ten clerks and 200 voyageurs, residing there." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XII
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
On View
Not on view
