English School, early 19th Century

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English School, early 19th Century
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, facing left in scarlet uniform with gold collar, wearing the Crimean Medal, the Legion of Honour, and the Turkish Order of the Medjidieh
in blue velvet and gilt-metal easel frame with ribbon surmount
oval, 2 in. (51 mm.) high; two photographs of the Earl of Cardigan, one hand-tinted, one in a fitted red leather case; and a overpainted photograph of a gentleman, in profile to right, on porcelain, unframed
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Lot Essay

James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868) was an English cavalry officer. Appointed Major-General in 1847, he commanded the Light Cavalry Brigade, 'The Six Hundred' in the Crimea and led it to destruction with the fatal charge against the enemy guns at Balaclava in 1854. The knitted woollen jacket he wore against the cold in the Crimea is named after him.

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