Indian Village of Toanichum, Whidbey Island
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1847
Mediumwatercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions5 3/8 x 9 inches (13.7 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.3
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"May 7th. - We this morning left our encampment....In the afternoon we touched at Whitby's [sic] Island, which divides the Straits of de Fuca from Puget's Sound....On approaching the village of Toanichum, we perceived two stout bastions of logs, well calculated for defense in Indian warfare, and built with considerable skill." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter XV
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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