Fort Carlton from a Distance
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Date1846
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 number31.78.129
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"The country in the vicinity of Carlton, which is situated between the wooded country and the other plains, varies much from that through which we had been travelling. Instead of dense masses of unbroken forest, it presents more the appearance of a park; the gently undulating plains being dotted here and there with clumps of small trees. The banks of the river rise to the height of 150 to 200 feet in smooth rolling hills covered with verdure. The fort, which is situated about a quarter of a mile back from the river, is enclosed with wooden pickets, and is fortifies with blunderbusses on swivels mounted in the bastion." 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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