ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Major Charles John Ewen depict...

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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Major Charles John Ewen

depicted three-quarter length in dress uniform, pencil and watercolour on card, 29cm x 21.5cm
Provenance: Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk and by family descent

Note: Charles John Ewen (1826-1883), then a Lieutenant in the 65th Regiment, travelled to New Zealand to write of military movements in the country between May 1846 and March 1851. He then retired by sale of commission in December 1854, before later becoming a Captain in the 2nd West Yorks Light Infantry Militia Feb 1855. He retired as an Honorary Major on the 11th April 1867.