Vintage Art Print set (x4) by Frances Ann Hopkins (1838-1918)

“Les Voyageurs” 1. Shooting the Rapids, Voyageurs Running a Rapid on the Mattawa River 2. Red River Expedition, 1870, Red River Expedition Commanded by Colonel G.J. Woolsey 3. Bivouac of a Canoe Party, Voyageurs Camp at Dawn Before Break-Up 4. Voyageurs' Canoe, Fur Traders in Voyageurs' Canoe, North West Territories Originals are all held at Library and Archives Canada, and other works are held at several Canadian museum collections including the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Glenbow Museum, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the McCord Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Royal Ontario Museum. A Comadco Reproduction, Printed in Canada Frances Ann Hopkins painted these on a series of canoe trips taken across the North-West with her husband while inspecting Hudson Bay posts. A graphic depiction of the earliest method of transportation in North America. The Voyageurs were French Canadian canoe men who manned the canoes and later York Boats which carried the explorers and fur traders, supplies and furs of New France and later, British North America across the length and breadth of the continent. Prints are in excellent condition with no fading or stains. The prints are highly detailed and realistic. #HBC #Canadiana #Canadian art