tell him, he'd better "keep on". The theme of ploughing Thomson used is found in Cruikshank's Ploughing, Lower St. Lawrence and may indicate Thomson knew the work of Cruikshank. Also, if Thomson had Cruikshank as a teacher, he would have been encouraged by his instructor to carry a pocket sketchbook and obtain constant practice in drawing, and Thomson did fill such sketchbooks with drawings c. 1906. Gallery References Notes Citations Literature External links William Cruikshank fonds at the National Gallery of Canada 19th-century Scottish painters Scottish male painters 20th-century Scottish painters 19th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters 20th-century Canadian painters 1848 births 1922 deaths Artists from Dundee Scottish emigrants to Canada Royal Scottish Academicians People from Broughty Ferry 19th-century Canadian male artists 20th-century Canadian male artists 19th-century Scottish male artists 20th-century Scottish male artists OCAD University administrators Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts