Lot description
This early americana plate is from Paul Kane's Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America; From Canada to Vancouver Island and Oregon Through the Hudson's Bay Company Territory, and Back Again. The work was published in London in 1859 by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. Kane traveled throughout Western America. He visited the Red River Settlement, Saskatchewan valley, Rocky Mountains, Columbia River, shores of Puget Sound, and Vancouver's Island. His goal was to sketch the chiefs, costumes, and types of Native American tribes. The chromolithograph is after his original drawing or painting. Paul Kane (1810-1871) was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada as a child. He would become one of Canada's most famous 19th century painters. Provenance: Robert Braun Collection