© Luke Gertler
Gilbert Cannan at his Mill
Artist: Mark Gertler (1892 - 1939)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1916 - 1931
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 94x30.5 cm
Bequest:
Review number: 2330 (1968)
Provenance:
Thomas Balston.
Description:
The subject of this painting was Gilbert Cannan (1884-1955) writer and dramatic critic. Cannan lived in a converted mill house at Cholesbury in Hertfordshire and the portrait was painted during visits from 1915-16. The large black and white dog to the right hand side of Cannan was Porthos. He originally belonged to J M Barrie who used him as the model for 'Nana' in Peter Pan. Cannan married Barrie's wife.
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