Featured in this lot is a portrait of James D. Duncan, Oil On Board, circa 1840. Painter, lithographer, and teacher of drawing was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland and after having received some artistic training,in 1825 he immigrated to Lower Canada, and by 1830 was established in Montreal as a professional artist and teacher of drawing. Numerous views in oil, gouache, and water-colour of Montreal life and scenery, presenting landscape and enlivened with the anecdote of genre painting, established Duncan as a recorder par excellence of that city over several decades. Duncan’s early water-colours were influenced by the British tradition in water-colours. Duncan was one of Canada’s first lithographic draughtsmen; he again looked to both Montreal and Quebec for his subject-matter. In 1847 he published a Panoramic view of Montreal, which was engraved by W. S. Barnard. A set of six views of Montreal was drawn on stone by Duncan and published in 1849 in Montreal. In these works Duncan reveals the same pictorial organization and concerns as in his watercolour views. In his career and his works he is the epitome of the successful mid-19th-century Canadian artist. This portrait of Duncan is in good overall condition, minor chipping and crazing exhibited. Measures9.75"W x 12"L approximately.

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