ARCA CSPWC G7 OSA
1888 - 1949
Canadian
Discovery of the Coppermine River by Samuel Hearne
oil on canvas board
signed Frank H. Johnston and titled with 1772 date and on verso titled and dated circa 1922 on the Hudson’s Bay Company Collection label
18 1/4 x 18 1/4 in, 46.4 x 46.4 cm
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CAD
Sold for: $85,250
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PROVENANCE
Collection of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada
LITERATURE
Hudson’s Bay Company, Company Calendar, 1923, reproduced
Andrea M. Paci, “Picture This: Hudson’s Bay Company Calendar Images and Their Documentary Legacy, 1913 – 1970,” master’s thesis, University of Manitoba / University of Winnipeg, 2000, mentioned page 18, listed pages 117 and 122
In 1771, Samuel Hearne, an English explorer and fur trader with the Hudson’s Bay Company, spent an arduous seven months journeying north from Fort Prince of Wales (now Churchill, Manitoba), guided by the Dënesuli?ne (Chipewyan) hunter and leader Matonabbee. This expedition was Hearne’s third attempt to find a potential copper mine that the HBC suspected to be in the North—or, failing that, a passage to the Pacific. Drawing on his deep knowledge of the geographies of the North, Matonabbee brought Hearne to the Coppermine River, which provided direct water access to the Arctic Ocean. Here, Group of Seven member Franz Johnston captures the moment the river was reached by Hearne: the exhaustion of the party after their trek, and the joy at having “discovered” a major waypoint.
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