[2] In 1894, etching was added to the curriculum of the Glasgow School of Art for the first time and Crawford was appointed as a teacher.
Crawford was an accomplished and prolific etcher, specialising in topographical scenes of Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews.
[4] She shared her studio space in Glasgow with artists Louise Perman and Emma Watson.
[4] In 1918, Crawford resigned from her post at the Glasgow School of Art and was succeeded by James Hamilton Mackenzie, a former student of hers.
Her etchings are in a range of private and public collections including Glasgow Museums,[6] National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh),[7] the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery (Glasgow),[citation needed][8] the British Museum,[9] New York Public Library,[citation needed][10] and Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua (Whanganui, New Zealand).