Camping on the Prairie
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions8 1/8 x 13 3/8 inches (20.6 x 34 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.156
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextKane describes camping with a companion near Fort Garry (modern Winnipeg, Manitoba). The pair was on route to a buffalo hunt.
"… I procured a guide, a cart for my tent, etc., and a saddle horse for myself, and started after one of the bands. We travelled that day about thirty miles, and encamped in the evening on a beautiful plain covered with innumerable small roses." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter VI
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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