James Duncan's name may be unfamiliar, but over a 50-year career, he created a body of work that is a living memory of Montreal from 1830 to 1880. Born in Ireland, he was the first British artist to settle in Montreal, then Canada's largest and most dynamic city. Duncan documented the colonial city's development in both panoramic views and detailed scenes of local events, some of which were reproduced in engravings and published in newspapers. His watercolours capture the ci