© Perth Museum and Art Gallery
The Keeper John Crerar with his Pony
Artist: Sir Edwin Landseer (1802 - 1873)
Location: Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1824
Materials: oil on board
Dimensions: 59 x 43 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £2,600)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 2704 (1978)
Provenance:
C.Porte; Collin Young to 1874; anon. sale, Sotheby's at Gleneagles, August 1978.
Description:
John Crerar entered the service of the Duke of Atholl in 1776, and Landseer met him at Blair Atholl during his first visit to Scotland in 1824. Crerar was a skilled gamekeeper as well as an accomplished musician and composer.
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