English School, Circa 1850

Captain Milford Rees with his horse and groom in barracks

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English School, Circa 1850
Captain Milford Rees with his horse and groom in barracks
inscribed 'Mad.^r Fusiliers. (European) / Capt Milford Rees XX(?)' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
10 1/8 x 14in. (25.8 x 35.6cm.)

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Lot Essay

General Orders of the Military Government of Madras record Captain Milford Rees, 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers), was granted permission to return home from India at the end of 1851. His Regiment, named the 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers from 1843, returned to Madras from Malacca (where it was stationed 1835-1852) in early 1852. It was deployed to the Province of Pegu in April 1852 during the Second Anglo-Burmese War.

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