GIULIA M SARTONI (ITALIAN, 1850-1946)

GIULIA M SARTONI (ITALIAN, 1850-1946)
Portrait of Lieutenant Gerard Prideaux Tharp (1870-1934) aged 19, wearing uniform and the rifle brigade badge
oil on canvas
61.5 x 50.5 cm (24 1/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
overall framed: 79 x 67.5 cm. (31 1/8 x 26 5/8 in.)

Footnote: The sitter gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. On 12 March 1918, he married Dora Maryan Hall (1891-1948) second daughter of James Wesley Hall, of Mount Morgan and Melbourne, Australia. They lived at Chippenham, Ely.