Edmund Thornton Crawford
1806-1885

Edmund Thornton Crawford, was born in Cowden, near Dalkeith, he trained at the Trustees Academy, concentrating upon depicting the Scottish landscape, coastal and shipping scenes, and harbours. He was influenced by John (‘Jock’) Wilson, with whom he studied at the Trustees Academy, and also the Tonal school of Dutch seventeenth century painters, following a visit to Holland in 1831. He exhibited regularly at the RSA and is represented in the National Gallery of Scotland. Died in Lasswade in 1885.

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