(b Nottingham, 12 June 1833; d Sussex, NB, 1888). Canadian painter of English birth. He settled in Canada in 1861 and travelled in Labrador with his brother, the scientist and explorer Henry Youll Hind (1823–1908). In 1862 he accompanied the gold-seeking Overlanders to British Columbia as expedition artist. He travelled extensively in Canada, making oils, watercolours and pencil studies that display a meticulous attention to detail. They are generally small in size, done directly in front of the subject, and rather dry and impersonal. In the mid-19th century most artists recorded the Canadian landscape in a romantic spirit, often theatrically and panoramically. Hind’s vision, however, was more circumscribed. His paintings are filled with minutiae, as in Wood Interior with Tree Stump (c. 1880; Hamilton, Dr Duncan Hind priv. col.), in which a decaying tree trunk partially covered with moss is shown in close-up.