Portrait of Sir Maurice John Pierce Lacy, 2nd Bt. (1900-1965), in the uniform of the Life Guards

This portrait was commissioned in 1921 by Sir Maurice Lacy's father, Sir Pierce Thomas Lacy, on the occasion of his son's 21st birthday.
Sir Maurice Lacy was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and retired from the military in 1924, with the rank of Lieutenant, late of the Life Guards. David Jagger presents the sitter in his Life Guards uniform, his easel just visible, reflected in his subject's breastplate.