Lot Essay
Henry Conran was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the 52nd Regiment of Foot (Oxfordshire) on 25 November 1799.
An Officer believed to be Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Conran of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, facing right in scarlet coat with silver epaulettes and buff facings, silver buttons, lace cravat and black stock, powdered hair
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GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1750-1829)
An Officer believed to be Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Conran of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, facing right in scarlet coat with silver epaulettes and buff facings, silver buttons, lace cravat and black stock, powdered hair
signed with monogram 'E' (lower right) on the obverse and signed and dated 1800 on the reverse
oval, 36 in. (81 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with plaited hair reverse
An Officer believed to be Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Conran of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, facing right in scarlet coat with silver epaulettes and buff facings, silver buttons, lace cravat and black stock, powdered hair
signed with monogram 'E' (lower right) on the obverse and signed and dated 1800 on the reverse
oval, 36 in. (81 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with plaited hair reverse
Literature
G. C. Williamson and H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829 Miniature Painter to George III., London, 1902, p. 92.