Wesleyan Mission Station, Jack River

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1846

Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper

Dimensions5 1/2 x 9 inches (14 x 22.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.128

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"Notwithstanding the barrenness of the soil and the severity of the cold in this region, which prevents all hope of deriving any advantage from agricultural pursuits, a Wesleyan Methodist mission is established within a few miles of the fort. It is under the superintendence of the Reverend Mr. Mason, and consists of about thirty small log houses, with a church and dwelling-house for the minister." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter VIII

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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