Scene in the Northwest: Portrait of John Henry Lefroy
Paul Kane · 1845
Why it's great
A British officer and scientist, John Henry Lefroy, stands in a winter landscape in the Canadian northwest, dressed in a warm fur coat, with sled dogs. Paul Kane met him on his trip across Canada. Lefroy was studying the earth's magnetism. It's a famous Canadian portrait of the fur trade era.
Where to see it
📍 Art Gallery of OntarioToronto, Canada
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Paul Kane was born in Ireland and grew up in Toronto. Between 1845 and 1848 he made a long journey across Canada to the Pacific, sketching Indigenous peoples and landscapes. He then painted a series of large pictures from his sketches. He died in Toronto in 1871.
