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COLONEL HAROLD ESDAILE MALET (1841-1918)
LOTS 46-53
Harold Malet studied art briefly when he was thirteen years old, but he was destined for a military career, some part of which was spent, inevitably given his family connections, in India. He was the second son of the Rev. William Wyndham Malet, Vicar of Ardeley, Herts, who was one of the eight sons of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Bt., a distinguished diplomat and high official in the East India Company. Several of the sons made their careers in the civil service and the army in India. The Rev. William Malet married Eliza, daughter of E.J. Esdaile of Cothelstone House in Somerset
In 1863 Harol Malet left Norwich with the XVIII Hussars for India, sharing a cabin with Frank Fairlie in the East India ship Winchester. On arriving in Bangalore he shared a bungalow in the George Hotel Compound with Tom Phillips. In 1868 he married Emily Friend in Bangalore, and set up his married homes at 'Coxhoe' and 'Cahir' (lots 47-51), where he lived until 1875. It was his habit to make drawings of places where he lived -(an army career ordains many moves)- or visited. His appearance is recorded in photographs, which on occasion he cut out and stuck on to the drawings. One of the drawings is embellished with a photograph of his wife. His movements and travels can be followed in the group of dated and titled drawings in the present sale, which gives an idea of the variety of his quarters (lots 46,48, 53 and 54), and includes views of the Malet family home, Wilbury House in Wiltshire (lot 49). Sir Charles bought Wilbury, a fine Palladian mansion, in 1806. It was inherited by his eldest son , Sir Alexander Malet, and it was he who let the house in 1877 to his friend, the Hon. Percy Wyndham, who stayed there throughout the planning and the building of his great country house Clouds, masterpiece of the architect Philip Webb. By the time Col. Malet made his drawings the house was back with the family, having been inherited by his cousin Sir Henry Malet in 1886; it was sold in 1926.
Col. Malet lived latterly in Surrey and Kent, serving as a JP. His son Harold Wyndham Malet, followed him into the XVIIIth Hussars
Col. Harold Esdaile Malet (1841-1918)
Interior at Bangalore
signed with monogram, inscribed as title and dated '1875'; pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and white heightening 6 7/8 x 9 7/8in. (175 x 251mm.)
LOTS 46-53
Harold Malet studied art briefly when he was thirteen years old, but he was destined for a military career, some part of which was spent, inevitably given his family connections, in India. He was the second son of the Rev. William Wyndham Malet, Vicar of Ardeley, Herts, who was one of the eight sons of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Bt., a distinguished diplomat and high official in the East India Company. Several of the sons made their careers in the civil service and the army in India. The Rev. William Malet married Eliza, daughter of E.J. Esdaile of Cothelstone House in Somerset
In 1863 Harol Malet left Norwich with the XVIII Hussars for India, sharing a cabin with Frank Fairlie in the East India ship Winchester. On arriving in Bangalore he shared a bungalow in the George Hotel Compound with Tom Phillips. In 1868 he married Emily Friend in Bangalore, and set up his married homes at 'Coxhoe' and 'Cahir' (lots 47-51), where he lived until 1875. It was his habit to make drawings of places where he lived -(an army career ordains many moves)- or visited. His appearance is recorded in photographs, which on occasion he cut out and stuck on to the drawings. One of the drawings is embellished with a photograph of his wife. His movements and travels can be followed in the group of dated and titled drawings in the present sale, which gives an idea of the variety of his quarters (lots 46,48, 53 and 54), and includes views of the Malet family home, Wilbury House in Wiltshire (lot 49). Sir Charles bought Wilbury, a fine Palladian mansion, in 1806. It was inherited by his eldest son , Sir Alexander Malet, and it was he who let the house in 1877 to his friend, the Hon. Percy Wyndham, who stayed there throughout the planning and the building of his great country house Clouds, masterpiece of the architect Philip Webb. By the time Col. Malet made his drawings the house was back with the family, having been inherited by his cousin Sir Henry Malet in 1886; it was sold in 1926.
Col. Malet lived latterly in Surrey and Kent, serving as a JP. His son Harold Wyndham Malet, followed him into the XVIIIth Hussars
Col. Harold Esdaile Malet (1841-1918)
Interior at Bangalore
signed with monogram, inscribed as title and dated '1875'; pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of bodycolour and white heightening 6 7/8 x 9 7/8in. (175 x 251mm.)