Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Step into this lush landscape by Robert Duncanson, the grandson of an enslaved person from Virginia, who rose to international fame in the 1850s and 1860s. Inviting the viewer into the scene by including tiny figures in the foreground of a large atmospheric landscape, Duncanson’s approach was informed by his travels and interest in photography, specifically stereographic prints. Hear how Duncanson benefited from the advent of photography, helped establish the Canadian landscape tradition, and what geographic region might actually be shown in the above painting.

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