Captain George Ironsides or "Walk In Water"

Artist Paul Kane (Canadian, 1810 - 1871)

Date1845

Mediumoil on paper

Dimensions11 5/8 x 9 3/8 inches (29.5 x 23.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.78.179

ClassificationsPaintings

Label Text"While I was at Manetouawning, the successor of Mr. Anderson, Captain Ironsides, arrived there; and as he was a half-breed and chief of the Wyandots, I have introduced him among my Indian sketches. His name signifies, "Walk in the water:' he is a descendant of Tecumseh, and uses the same to-tem, a turtle, each Indian family having a sort of heraldic device, which they use as a signature on important occasions." Kane, Wanderings, Chapter I

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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