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Major General Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, Bar.t C.B; K.C.H; K.M.T; & K.S.W.
E.H. Latilla pinxit post-mortem. Tho's Hodgetts sculpsit.
London, July 19th. 1841. Published for Private Circulation, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Puckle, No. 23, Cockspur Street.
Mezzotint, 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), very large margins. Foxing around image.
Portrait of James Carmichael-Smyth (1779-1838), army officer and colonial governor. After briefly acting as colonial secretary following the surrender of the Cape of Good Hope, Carmichael served at Coruna, and in Scotland and the Netherlands (including the defence against the 1815 French invasion. On Wellington's recommendation he was made a baronet in 1823, and published several books on military and colonial subjects. In 1829 he was appointed governor of the Bahamas,during which time he abolished the flogging of female slaves. In 1833 he was transferred to the 'more important' governorship of British Guiana, in which he position he was still serving when he died suddenly 'of brain fever' in 1838.
[Ref: 12335] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
E.H. Latilla pinxit post-mortem. Tho's Hodgetts sculpsit.
London, July 19th. 1841. Published for Private Circulation, by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Puckle, No. 23, Cockspur Street.
Mezzotint, 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), very large margins. Foxing around image.
Portrait of James Carmichael-Smyth (1779-1838), army officer and colonial governor. After briefly acting as colonial secretary following the surrender of the Cape of Good Hope, Carmichael served at Coruna, and in Scotland and the Netherlands (including the defence against the 1815 French invasion. On Wellington's recommendation he was made a baronet in 1823, and published several books on military and colonial subjects. In 1829 he was appointed governor of the Bahamas,during which time he abolished the flogging of female slaves. In 1833 he was transferred to the 'more important' governorship of British Guiana, in which he position he was still serving when he died suddenly 'of brain fever' in 1838.
[Ref: 12335] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)