Seascape

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Title

Seascape

Description

This work highlights Duncanson’s command of atmospheric marine style paintings, a genre central to nineteenth-century North American art. Its inclusion shows how Black artists engaged with concepts of mobility and distance through the maritime context.

Creator

Robert S. Duncanson

Source

Duncanson, Robert S. Seascape. 1864. Oil on canvas. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

Publisher

Art Gallery of Ontario

Date

1864

Rights

Public domain. Digital image courtesy of the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Oil on canvas

Files

AGO 2x.jpg

Citation

Robert S. Duncanson, “Seascape,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/329.