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    Objects of Vertu and Miniatures

    London, South Kensington

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    14 March 2000

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    • John Buncombe
    Lot 20

    John Buncombe

    Price realised

    GBP 5,750

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    John Buncombe
    Edward Berkeley Portman, an officer of the 56th Foot, the Essex Regiment, in profile to right, in scarlet coat with high blue collar, silver lace and regimental buttons, white trousers and wearing a pale grey shako with gold lace and tassels with a plume
    painted on card, in black frame
    rectangular, 4.7/8 x 3¼ in. (125 x 82 mm.)
    See Back Cover Illustration

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    Lot Essay

    The Militaria Specialist, Philip Haythornthwaite, suggests that pale grey shakos such as the one in this portrait were rarely depicted, as they were worn by regiments serving in tropical climates. This silhouette is historically interesting because Edward Portman sat for his portrait on the Isle of Wight while waiting for his ship to take him to the East in about 1812; the 1st Battalion of the 56th was in India 1805-15 and in Mauritius 1815-25, the 2nd was in India 1807-17.

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