The Keeper John Crerar with his Pony

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802 - 1873)

Perth Museum and Art Gallery

1824

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.

• Medium: oil on board
• Dimensions: 59 x 43 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £2,600)
• ArtFunded in: 1978
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

C.Porte; Collin Young to 1874; anon. sale, Sotheby's at Gleneagles, August 1978.

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