English School. Portrait miniature of W.S. Rickword, 1814

English School. Portrait miniature of W.S. Rickword, 1814, circular watercolour and gouache on card, laid down on thick card, head and shoulders portrait of a military gentleman wearing a crimson coat with blue sleeves and gold epaulettes, with early inscription in black ink on verso 'Copy. "Painted by a Native of the ancient City of Delhi, at Muruh Ev. Co. (?) January 1814. W.S. Rickword Veterinary Surgeon HM 8th Light Dragoons or Royal Irish, in the 53rd year of his age. A present to his Wife & children in England. By favour of Mr Carter 1818', diameter 78mm (3 ins), ebonised circular frame (diameter 13mm), together with a circular portrait miniature in coloured crayons, head and shoulders portrait, profile to left, of a gentleman smoking a pipe, titled 'The Commandant', and signed and dated lower right Hamish Milne 1941, diameter 126mm (5 ins), gilt decorated ebonised frame (diameter 13.7 cm)

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