Col.l The Hon.ble Percy E. Herbert, C.B. M.P.From a Picture presented to Lucy, Countess of Powis, by the Walcot and Bishops Castle Tenants & Neighbours, as a Token of their approval of Colonel Herbert's services with the Army in the Guinea.
Painted by F. Grant Esq.r R.A. Engraved by T.L. Atkinson Esq.r
London: Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y Nov.r 5.th1858. Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. Plate 533 x 407mm. 21 x 16". Large margins.
Sir Percy Egerton Herbert (1822-1876) was a British Army officer and politician. He served in Crimea at the Battle of the Alma and the siege of Sevastopol and the Battle of Inkerman. He was made aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, a Companion of the Order of the Bath and a colonel for his services in the Crimean War. He also received knighthoods from the Turkish, Sardinian and French governments. In 1858 he was made Lieutenant-Colonel and commanded regiments in Rohilkhand, Cawnpore and Fatehpur. Two years later he became deputy quartermaster-general at the Horse Guards and entered parliament in 1865 as Conservative MP for South Shropshire. By 1869 he had progressed further through the ranks and was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
NPG: D35705/6.
[Ref: 17372] £230.00
London: Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y Nov.r 5.th1858. Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. Plate 533 x 407mm. 21 x 16". Large margins.
Sir Percy Egerton Herbert (1822-1876) was a British Army officer and politician. He served in Crimea at the Battle of the Alma and the siege of Sevastopol and the Battle of Inkerman. He was made aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, a Companion of the Order of the Bath and a colonel for his services in the Crimean War. He also received knighthoods from the Turkish, Sardinian and French governments. In 1858 he was made Lieutenant-Colonel and commanded regiments in Rohilkhand, Cawnpore and Fatehpur. Two years later he became deputy quartermaster-general at the Horse Guards and entered parliament in 1865 as Conservative MP for South Shropshire. By 1869 he had progressed further through the ranks and was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
NPG: D35705/6.
[Ref: 17372] £230.00