Harriet Clench Kane

Harriet Clench Kane

Harriet Clench Kane (1823 – January 15, 1892) was a Canadian artist.[1][2]

The daughter of Freeman Schermerhorn Clench, a cabinet maker, and Eliza Cory, she was born Harriet Clench in Cobourg and was educated at a ladies' college in Hamilton. In 1853, she married Paul Kane; the couple had two sons and two daughters. She helped her husband produce Wanderings of An Artist Among the Indians of North America, published in 1859, from his journals.[1][3][4]

Kane worked in watercolour and oil. She painted landscapes, flowers and figures. She received several prizes for her work and took part in the 1849 Upper Canada Provincial exhibition.[1]

A Country Tavern near Cobourg, Canada West, 1849 by Harriet Clench Kane

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kane, Harriet Clench". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
  2. ↑ "Harriet Clench". Cobourg and District Images. Cobourg Public Library.
  3. ↑ "Freeman Schermerhorn Clench 1795-1877" (PDF). Prominent Families of the Period. Cobourg Museum.
  4. ↑ Sanford, Emerson; Beck, Janice Sanford (2011). Historic Hikes to Athabasca Pass, Fortress Lake & Tonquin Valley. p. 66. ISBN 1926855248.
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