Portrait of Major General Malcolm Smith Mercer
Oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches
Signed 1909-1915
Photo by Greg Chard
This painting was one of the few later portraits by Carl Ahrens. Mercer was Carl's patron from 1909 until Mercer was killed in battle in June 1916. The painting has been passed down through the family and is now in the collection of Malcolm Smith Mercer Hamilton.
Image used with permission
