Lot 133
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HENRY TAMWORTH WELLS R.A. (1828-1903)
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HENRY TAMWORTH WELLS R.A. (1828-1903)

PORTRAIT OF COLONEL FRANCIS CHARRINGTON, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN UNIFORM OF THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT AND WEARING THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEDAL WITH THREE CLASPS

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HENRY TAMWORTH WELLS R.A. (1828-1903)
PORTRAIT OF COLONEL FRANCIS CHARRINGTON, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, IN UNIFORM OF THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT AND WEARING THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEDAL WITH THREE CLASPS
SIGNED AND DATED 'HENRY T WELLS 1902' (LOWER LEFT)
OIL ON CANVAS
50½ X 40¼ IN. (128.3 X 102.2 CM.)
Literature
BURKES PEERAGE, LONDON, 1921, P. 324.
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Lot Essay

COLONEL FRANCIS CHARRINGTON (1858-1921), C.M.G., OF PISHIOBURY PARK, HERTFORDSHIRE WAS THE THIRD SON OF THE SPENCER CHARRINGTON M.P. (1818-1904) OF HUNSDON HOUSE. THE COLONEL EARNED MEDALS FOR HIS EFFORTS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR (1900-1901) AND THIS PORTRAIT WAS PROBABLY COMMISSIONED TO COMMEMORATE HIS DECORATION.

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