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1917.20

Lieut. Crombie

Spring 1917

Graphite on wood panel

10 1/2 x 8 7/16 in. (26.7 x 21.4 cm)

Inscription verso: in graphite, caricature of Lieut. Crombie; l.l., in graphite, Drawn by Tom Thomson / in April 1917 - of Lieut Crombie / James MacCallum

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (7923)

Provenance

Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (7923). Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944

Exhibition History

1969 MacCallum

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Jackman Gift of Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some of the Members of the Group of Seven, January 25–February 23, 1969, 128.

Published References

Addison 1969

Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, p. 64 (repr.)

Reid 1969

Reid, Dennis. The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. HR. Jackman Gift of the Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some Members of the Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1969. Exhibition catalogue, p. 55.

Murray 1994a

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 96 (repr.)

Remarks

Lieut. Robert Crombie died in 1964.

Record last updated February 16, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Lieut. Crombie, Spring 1917 (1917.20)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=656 (accessed on May 7, 2025).