Object number
TN.2009.2981
Title
Portrait of Colonel R S Rait Kerr
Date
1966 - 1966
Creator
Material
Size
72 x 88 cm
Description
Half length, seated portrait of a gentleman. Sitting at a desk in the Committee Room, Lord's Pavilion. Cricket match in progress in background.
Signed and dated 1966
Plaque in Plan Chest 3B
Display caption
Portrait of Colonel R.S. Rait Kerr
(b. 1891 d. 1961), 1966
John Ward, ARA
Mixed Media
Portrait of former Secretary MCC 1936 – 1952 Colonel
R.S. Rait Kerr sitting at a desk in the Committee Room of
the Lord’s Pavilion by Royal Academician John Ward.
Rait Kerr was awarded the Military Cross in 1917. As a
cricketer, he played in six first-class matches. Five of
these were for the Europeans in India between 1913 and
14 and 1920–21, he appeared for the Army against
Oxford University in 1931.
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Museum Number: TN.2009.2981
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