Casanov, Noted Warrior, Chief from Fort Vancouver

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Datec. 1846-1847

Mediumoil on paper

Dimensions9 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches (24.8 x 20.6 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.201

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"Casanov is a man of advanced age, and resides principally at Fort Vancouver. I made a sketch of him while staying at the fort. Previously to 1829 Casanov was considered a powerful chief, and could lead into the field 1000 men, but that year the Hudson's Bay Company and emigrants from the United States introduced the plough for the first time into Oregon; and the locality, hitherto considered one of the most healthy, was almost depopulated by the fever and ague." 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

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