Lot Essay
General Pine (c.1765-c.1829) had a distinguised career in India. His career was interupted by the misfortune of incarceration as a prisoner of war of the French from 1803 to 1814.
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English School, circa 1815
Major General George Hanbury Pine of the Bengal Army of the Honourable East India Company, facing right in scarlet coat, blue facings with gold lace and aiguillette
rectangular frame
oval, 3¾in. (95mm.) high; and an Infantry Officer of the Honourable East India Company, facing right in scarlet coat with gold-embroidered blue collar, gold epaulettes, white cross belt (English School, circa 1840)
oil on card, in rectangular fitted leather case (deficient)
oval, 2¾in. (70mm.) high (2)
Major General George Hanbury Pine of the Bengal Army of the Honourable East India Company, facing right in scarlet coat, blue facings with gold lace and aiguillette
rectangular frame
oval, 3¾in. (95mm.) high; and an Infantry Officer of the Honourable East India Company, facing right in scarlet coat with gold-embroidered blue collar, gold epaulettes, white cross belt (English School, circa 1840)
oil on card, in rectangular fitted leather case (deficient)
oval, 2¾in. (70mm.) high (2)