William Valentine (painter)

William Valentine (1798–1849) was a portrait painter and daguerreotypist in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[2] In his early career, Valentine also worked as a house painter in periods that saw less commissions.

[3] He filled a void left by portrait painter Robert Field who had practiced in Halifax from 1808 to 1816.

Valentine painted his subjects in a naturalistic, plain style distinct from that of contemporary European portraitists.

Although some paintings were destroyed in a studio fire shortly before his death, many of his works are preserved at the National Gallery of Canada, the Library and Archives Canada, the New Brunswick Museum, and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.