John Crawford Brown ARSA (1805 – 8 May 1867) was a Scottish

landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent compos ...

Life

He was born in

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

and resided in London for some time after travelling in the Netherlands and Spain. He then returned to his native city, before settling in

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

. He was an associate of the

Royal Scottish Academy The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art. It promotes contemporary Scottish art. The Academy was founded in 1826 by eleven artists meeting in Edinburgh. Originally named the Scottish Academy, it became the ...

. His picture 'The Last of the Clan' was engraved by W. Richardson for the Royal Association of Fine Arts, Scotland, in 1851. In 1833, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, No. 278, 'A Scene on the Ravensbourne, Kent'; at this period he resided at 10 Robert Street, Chelsea. He also exhibited two other landscapes in this same year at the British Institution and the Suffolk Street Exhibition. Crawford lived at 10 St Vincent Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town. He died in

on 8 May 1867. He is buried with his wife, Margaret Strang, and children in

Warriston Cemetery Warriston Cemetery is a cemetery in Edinburgh. It lies in Warriston, one of the northern suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built by the then newly-formed Edinburgh Cemetery Company, and occupies around of land on a slightly sloping si ...

in the north of the city. The granite tombstone is vandalised. It lies close to the now sealed eastern entrance gate on the south side of the main east–west path.

Family

He was married to Margaret Strang. Their eldest daughter Margaret Pollok Brown (d.1917) married David Currie of HM Customs.

Known Works

see *''Shipwrecked'' *''Return from Waterloo''

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Samuel Redgrave Samuel Redgrave (3 October 1802, London - 20 March 1876 London) was an English civil servant and writer on art. Life He was eldest son of William Redgrave, and brother of Richard Redgrave, and was born at 9 Upper Eaton Street, Pimlico, London. Whe ...

, ''A Dictionary of Artists of the English School'', 1878 1805 births 1867 deaths 19th-century Scottish painters Scottish male painters Scottish landscape painters Artists from Glasgow Royal Scottish Academicians 19th-century Scottish male artists {{Scotland-painter-stub