HARRIS, Robert, Canadian artist, born near Carnarvon, North Wales, 17 September, 1849. He came to Canada, was educated at Charlottetown, Prince Edward island, and was for some time a land-surveyor. He was self-educated in art till about 1877, after which he studied in London and Paris. He was elected a member of the Royal Canadian academy of arts in 1879, and vice president of the Ontario society of artists in 1880. He has exhibited pictures in the salon of Paris and the Royal academy of London. He painted, by order of the Canadian government, in 1883, the large picture, now in the parliamentary building, Ottawa, of the meeting of delegates in Quebec that resulted in the formation of the Dominion of Canada. Among his other pictures are "Meeting of School Trustees," exhibited in the Colonial exhibition in London in 1886, and purchased by the government of Canada for the Canadian national gallery, and numerous portraits.