Susan Belo, a Half-Breed Girl
Artist
Paul Kane
(Canadian, 1810 - 1871)
Datec. 1846
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions12 1/4 X 9 13/16" (31.1 X 24.9 CM)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.78.171
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text"There is a small town called the Sault St. Marie, on the American side, containing about 700 or 800 inhabitants, with a well-built garrison, prettily situated on the river's bank. On the Canadian side, about half a mile direct across, the Hudson's Bay Company have a trading establishment, and the Custom House officer, Mr. Wilson, a tolerably handsome house. With these two exceptions, the British side presents to the traveller a collection of poor miserable hovels, occupied solely by half-breed Indians. In strolling among these hovels, I made a sketch of a good-looking half-breed girl, whose sudden appearance, emerging from such a wretched neighbourhood, took me by surprise." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter III
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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