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Edwin Dalton Smith, 1845
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Edwin Dalton Smith, 1845

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Edwin Dalton Smith, 1845
A collection of seven members of the Dickson Family including:
Major General Dickson C.B., full face in scarlet coat with gold epaulettes and wearing the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and the Army Large Gold Medal 1806-14, holding the Marmaluke hilt of his sword
signed, inscribed and dated on reverse 'Genl Dickson Painted Augt 1845 Edwin D.Smith 7 Hertford S May[fair]'

Mrs. Dickson (née Harriet Dallas), facing right in off-the-shoulder brown dress with ruched bodice and diaphanous sleeves, wearing a pink turban with pearls and a falling white veil (cracked);

Miss Fanny Charlotte Dickson, in a white dress with a double lace collar and blue bow at corsage, fair hair
signed, inscribed and dated 'Miss F. Dickson Painted July 1845 Edwin D. Smith 7 Hertford St Mayfair'

Miss L. Dickson, seated in a white dress with large lace collar and pink bow at corsage, a black stole over her arms
signed, inscribed and dated 'Miss L. Dickson Painted July 1845 Edwin D.Smith 7 Hertford May[fair]'
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Miss Mary Dickson, in a white off-the-shoulder dress with blue ribbon and lace collar, a multi-coloured striped stole over her arms; landscape background
signed, inscribed and dated 'Miss Dickson Painted July 1845 Edwin D.Smith 7 Hertford St Mayfair'
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Master William Thomas Dickson, later Lt.-General Dickson, in a black coat, white waistcoat and trousers, seated in a carved wood chair (cracked)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Master Dickson Painted Augt. 1845 Edwin D.Smith 7 Hertford May[fair]'

and Achmuty Dickson, in a black uniform with gold epaulettes, shoulder belt and cummerbund (cracked)

gilt-metal mounts in gilt-wood frame with velvet surround
(seven in common frame)
ovals, approximately 5 5/8 in. (143 mm.) high
overall 27 in. (686 mm.) high
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Lot Essay

Harriet Dallas (1797-1876) was the daughter of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Dallas. She married Major General Dickson, C.B. of Beenham House, Berkshire and was the mother of Lady Neeld, wife of Sir John Neeld, Bt. of Grittleton, Wiltshire.

William Dickson was Major General Dickson's youngest son. He served in the 16th (Queen's) Lancers and later became Lieutenant General William Dickson in 1896.

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