Willem Constantijn Staring (1847-1916)

Cavalrymen riding into the camp at Nieuw Milligen

Details

Willem Constantijn Staring (1847-1916)
Cavalrymen riding into the camp at Nieuw Milligen
signed with monogram 'WS', inscribed and dated 'Kamp Milligen Politiewacht No2. 29 Aug 1872'
pencil, watercolour, pencil framing lines
122 x 210 mm.; and a watercolour of an officer of the English Army dated 1809 on the mount, by J.H. Reygers (1767-1849) (2)

Provenance

(1) With Meyer, Rotterdam, 1973
(2) Anon. sale: Mak, Dordrecht, 28 March 1995, lot 77

Lot Essay

(1) Camp Milligen was founded in 1886 on the Veluwe, north of Amersfoort, now near Nieuw Milligen
(2) the inscription on the mount identifies the officer as the English major Beith, who was presumably among the English troups accupying Middelburg, the artist's home town, in 1809
See colour illustration

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