10 Facts About Edward Duncan

Edward Duncan was a British watercolourist known for his depictions of coastal views and shipping.

Edward Duncan was a member of the Royal Watercolour Society and received Royal patronage from Queen Victoria.

Edward Duncan was born on 21 October 1803 at St Pancras in London.

Edward Duncan was apprenticed to Robert Havell, the principal aquatint engraver of Audubon's Birds of America.

Edward Duncan was a painstaking artist with his preferred media.

Edward Duncan's drawings comprise a wide range of subjects but his best known works depict coastal scenes with shipping and other marine craft.

Edward Duncan specialised in landscapes of the southern counties, often populated with animals and farms.

Edward Duncan's watercolours are amongst the most technically defined and detailed paintings of the period and are considered to have a breadth and fluidity that bespeak the earlier traditions of British watercolour.

Edward Duncan was a prolific exhibitor of his works, showing more than 40 at the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists, and including more than 500 watercolors and drawings within the shows of the Old and New Watercolor Societies during his career.

Edward Duncan died in Hampstead, London, on 11 April 1882 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.