Sir John Cathcart, half-length, in the uniform of the Second Life Guards and the badge of a Baronet of Nova Scotia, sky background
signed and dated 1835, gilt-metal frame
rectangular, 6 3/4in. (172mm.) high
Exhibited
Royal Academy, London, 1836, no. 846
Lot Essay
Sir John Andrew Cathcart, 5th Baronet (1810-1878); commissioned Cornet in the Second Life Guards, 8 July 1828; Lieutenant, 8 August 1831; Captain, 29 April 1836; retired by sale, 28 April 1837.