Defiant Beauty : William Hind in the Labrador Peninsula

This exhibition catalogue accompanied a 2007 exhibit of William Hind’s (1833-1889) work at The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Born in England, Hind travelled to Canada to teach art. He joined his brother’s 1861 expedition to explore Canada’s Labrador Peninsula as the party’s illustrator, sketching and painting the people and landscapes encountered on the journey north from Sept-Iles. From portaging rapids to fending off mosquitos, Hind’s art captures expeditionary practices in eastern Canada in the mid-1800s. The catalogue’s plates also illustrate the group’s employment of – and interactions with – the region’s Indigenous inhabitants. Four essays by Gilbert G. Gignac, Mary Jo Hughes, and Andrea Kirkpatrick outline Hind’s life and art style. Text in English and French. Includes a 21.5 x 41 cm (8.5 x 16 in) fold-out map. Errata.