REN-Wil Oil Ptg of the Artist Frances A Hopkins 🐞

Ren-Wil oil painting of the British artist Frances Anne Hopkins titled “Shooting the Rapids 1879.” Originates from Ren-Wil Originals Inc., Montreal, Quebec. Frances Hopkins (1838-1919) was a British born artist who made several sketches and paintings of her voyages via canoe with her husband Edward Hopkins, a Hudson Bay Official, accompanying him on several inspections of Hudson Bay Posts. Her works are held in several Canadian museum collections and with the Library and Archives Canada. This is a depiction of a birch bark canoe with 16 voyageurs and 4 passengers who are seated in the middle. They are Frances Hopkins, Edward Hopkins, Edward Watkins and Governor of Rupert’s Land, Alexander Dallas Grant. They are traversing the rapids between Montreal and Lachine, Quebec Canada. Like new condition. Professionally framed and matted in an oak wood frame. Art is approximately 17 3/4” wide and 10 3/4” long. Frame is approximately 26.5” wide and 19” long.