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[Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes.]
Painted by Henry Moseley. J.H.Lynch Lith.
Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen. London Published April 17th. 1850 by Henry Squire & Compy. (Late Colnaghi & Puckle) Printsellers & Publishers to Her Majesty & the Royal Family 23 Cockspur Street.
Rare lithograph on chine colle. Sheet 575 x 475mm (22¾ x 18¾"). Some surface dirt.
Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, DCL, KCSI, KCB (1819-1868), dressed as an Indian nobleman. Edwardes was a British administrator, soldier, and statesman who served in the Punjab region of British India. He is best known as the “Hero of Multan” for his pivotal role in the British victory during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. The oil painting by Henry Mosely is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
[Ref: 69824] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Sir Robert Sale.]
Painted by Henry Moseley Engraved by T.L. Atkinson
London, Published Nov. 1. 1845, by Henry Graves & Comp., 6. Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, 540 x 410mm. 21¼ x 16". Staining top right, foxing around platemark.
Sir Robert Sale (1782-1845), army officer. In the First Burmese War (1824-26) he led the 13th Regiment, and in one action he killed the enemy's leader in single combat. During the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) he was second-in-command of the army of occupation in Kabul, and Lady Sale's diary of the period was published as a 'Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan' in 1843. In 1845 be became quartermaster-general to Sir Hugh Gough's army, but died the same year of wounds received at the battle of Mudki in the Punjab.
[Ref: 12135] £320.00
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