Norway House

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Datec. 1846

Mediumoil on paper

Dimensions8 x 13 1/2 inches (20.3 x 34.3 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 3/8 inches (41.9 × 57.2 × 3.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.152

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"...from Playgreen Lake we entered Jack-fish River, and the current soon carried us to Norway House, a distance of nine miles, where we arrived in the afternoon....I remained at Norway House until the 14th of August, waiting for the brigade of boats which had gone down in the Spring to York Factory, in Hudson's Bay, with the Furs, and was now expected back on their return with the outfit of goods in the interior trade." 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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