Francis John Bellew (1799-1868)

A Cadets's First Year in India

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Francis John Bellew (1799-1868)
A Cadets's First Year in India
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
7 x 10 3/8in. (17.8 x 26.3cm.)

Engraved

Captain Bellew, Memoirs of a Griffin, W.H. Allen, London, 1843, vol.I, p.255.

Lot Essay

There is a pencil drawing of a sailing vessel dated 'Nov 20 1850' on the reverse of the drawing.
Bellew retired as a Captain in the 62nd Bengal Native Infantry in 1830, having seen service in Rajputana and the First Burma War, 1825.

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