Who was Robert S. Duncanson?

Robert S. Duncanson, Ellen’s Isle, Loch Katrine, 1871.

A large landscape painting depicts a calm lake at sunset with a small boat carrying figures, surrounded by wooded shores and distant mountains under a glowing sky.

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Who was Robert S. Duncanson?