Lot Essay
Major Lewis was Barrack Master General from 30 June 1799, and later Quatermaster from October 1804 of 8th Regiment retiring from the Army by 1815.
Details
Arthur Lea (1768-1828)
Major William Lewis, profile to right in coat and cravat, hair en queue
painted on convex glass, plaster background, verre églomisé border, rectangular papier-mâché frame
oval, 3¾in. (95mm.) high
Major William Lewis, profile to right in coat and cravat, hair en queue
painted on convex glass, plaster background, verre églomisé border, rectangular papier-mâché frame
oval, 3¾in. (95mm.) high
Literature
Hickman, Fresh Light on Lea of Portsmouth, Country Life, 16 January, 1969, p. 122
McKechnie, 1978, p. 731, no. 1549
McKechnie, 1978, p. 731, no. 1549
Exhibited
National Portrait Gallery, London, 1972, no. 34