William George Richardson Hind

William G. R. Hind (June12, 1833 November18, 1889) was a painter in watercolours and illustrator known for his depictions of the Canadian west.

Biography Hind was born in Nottingham, England; he emigrated to Canada in 1851, following his older brother Henry Youle Hind, who came to Toronto in 1846. Since his brother taught at the Toronto Normal School, it is likely he wished to follow in his brother's footsteps: he taught drawing at the school (1851–1857). He also established his own studio

In the late 1850s, he returned to England, where he may have seen the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and it seems to have influenced his work. In 1861, having returned to Canada, he joined his brother's expedition to the Moisie River, a tributary of the St. Lawrence. He produced more than 100 sketches on the journey, including his impressions of the landscape and the local First Nations people, the Naskapi and Montagnais. a group of people travelling from Fort Garry in Winnipeg, Manitoba to British Columbia in search of gold in the Cariboo gold fields. Hind kept a sketchbook on the journey in which he recorded the group hunting duck and buffalo, fording swollen streams, idling in camp and other subjects. the McCord Museum; Library and Archives Canada; and Dalhousie University, Halifax.