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Founder of the UNIA, a movement for racial uplifting in areas like industrial and educational opportunities for Black people. Even though mainly in America, it took root in Canada around 1918-1920, with Glace Bay or Montreal being the first in…

A formal portrait of Henry John Temple, the 3rd Viscount Palmerston, one of the longest serving members in government and finally become leader, serving as Prime Minister until his death in October 1865.

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A portrait of John Anderson in Victorian formal dress

A formal 19th-century portrait of Sir Charles Bagot dressed in ornate ceremonial attire.

This portrait presents one of the few surviving likenesses of the artist created during his lifetime. It humanizes a man often only discussed in relation to his awards or critical reception. Showing Bannister’s face within the exhibit asserts his…

Portrait of Constable Hartley Gosline, one of the first black RCMP officers graduating from Regina Depot.

This portrait offers an intimate view of Christiana Carteaux Bannister, painted by her husband only a few years after their marriage in 1857. Bannister captures her in softer, warm colours, presenting her as composed and confident within an elegant…