H. Smith, early 19th century school, Full length portrait mo...

Hammer

£350

H. Smith, early 19th century school,
Full length portrait mounted on horseback on the battle field
'Painted by H. Smith Private 18th Hussars, 1821, Newbridge Ireland'
watercolour on paper, 29cm x 23cm; another19th century example titled 'Officers of The 18th Hussars' (2) 

Research Notes: In 1815 the 18th King's Irish Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) took part in the final campaign against Napoleon at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. It had previously served in the Peninsular (1808-1814) where it sustained heavy casualties, losing an entire squadron at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813.

The regiment was disbanded in Ireland in 1821.

Condition: Very well painted, finely picked out in gilt throughout, foxed with signs of old bookworm. The second, lightly foxed, torn towards the bottom of the study, both unmounted and unframed.