Edward Scrope Shrapnel

His painting subject matter included landscape, still lifes, and genre, often incorporating scenes from Ontario and British Columbia.

His father was Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel, a military officer with the rank of captain who was variously posted to India, Ireland, and Bermuda.

[2] Carrying on the family tradition, Edward served with the Victoria Rifles of Quebec for seven months in 1865–1866, helping to repel Irish Fenian raids.

[7] In Ontario, Edward participated each fall in duck and deer hunting, and on occasion engaged in wild pigeon shoots.

[11] Influenced by other artists who had travelled west on the newly opened Canadian Pacific Railway, Shrapnel moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he spent the rest of his life.

[10] He was a member of the British Campaigners' Association as a result of his Canadian military service, having reached the rank of colonel.

[10] He eschewed the dramatic and picturesque, managing to avoid the rigid strictures of composition and style as conventionally practiced.