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Characters in Bermuda: 'Old Smith' and Sir Thomas Usher
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English School, 1833
Characters in Bermuda: 'Old Smith' and Sir Thomas Usher
Four Soldiers on a Verandah
8 x 5in. (22.2 x 14cm.)
inscribed 'Old Smith. The Civil Engineer/who superintended the making of the/docks in Ireland's Island Bermuda/A.D. 1833./Sir Thomas Usher - commodore/and Commissioner at Ireland's/Island Bermuda & Halifax./He took Napoleon to St. Helena/and was called "The Undaunted Capt. Usher" - because he com-/manded "Undaunted" and saw/a great deal of Service.' and with a key to the drawing, on the backing-board
and
inscribed 'Bt Maj: Henderson (?)/Ensign Denny/afterwards/Col Denny/...in the/Crimea/Lt & Adjt Cuming/ob: adjt of the/Oxford Militia/Maj. Livinge/died/mad/A.D./1833' and with a key to the drawing, on the backing-board, inscribed 'Gertude Sophia Calcraft/from/Rd. Wharton Myddleton' on a label on the backing-board watercolour (2)
Characters in Bermuda: 'Old Smith' and Sir Thomas Usher
Four Soldiers on a Verandah
8 x 5in. (22.2 x 14cm.)
inscribed 'Old Smith. The Civil Engineer/who superintended the making of the/docks in Ireland's Island Bermuda/A.D. 1833./Sir Thomas Usher - commodore/and Commissioner at Ireland's/Island Bermuda & Halifax./He took Napoleon to St. Helena/and was called "The Undaunted Capt. Usher" - because he com-/manded "Undaunted" and saw/a great deal of Service.' and with a key to the drawing, on the backing-board
and
inscribed 'Bt Maj: Henderson (?)/Ensign Denny/afterwards/Col Denny/...in the/Crimea/Lt & Adjt Cuming/ob: adjt of the/Oxford Militia/Maj. Livinge/died/mad/A.D./1833' and with a key to the drawing, on the backing-board, inscribed 'Gertude Sophia Calcraft/from/Rd. Wharton Myddleton' on a label on the backing-board watercolour (2)