Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert John Harvey K.T.S. and F.A.S.
Painted by T. Stewardson Esq:r Portrait Painter to Her Majesty. Engraved by C. Knight 1821 Aet: 77.
Stipple engraving. 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"), with large margins. A little creasing on left and wear at edges.
Sir Robert John Harvey (1785-1860), shown wearing the Portuguese medals given to him when he was British liaison officer to the Portuguese army during the Peninsular War. They are the 'Peninsular War Campaign Cross' (6 campaigns), the insignia of a 'Knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword', the rare 'Commander’s Medal of the Peninsular War' (10 campaigns) and the Army Gold Medal (Orthez). After the capture of Badajoz in 1812 Harvey was made a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Portuguese Army, but a year later he received the same rank in the British army on the recommendation of Wellington, after the Battle of Vitoria. In 1817 he was knighted and 1831 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. His final rank was Major-General. After the army he followed his father as partner in the Norwich bank of Harvey and Hudson, later the Crown Bank.
[Ref: 57942] £85.00
Stipple engraving. 265 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼"), with large margins. A little creasing on left and wear at edges.
Sir Robert John Harvey (1785-1860), shown wearing the Portuguese medals given to him when he was British liaison officer to the Portuguese army during the Peninsular War. They are the 'Peninsular War Campaign Cross' (6 campaigns), the insignia of a 'Knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword', the rare 'Commander’s Medal of the Peninsular War' (10 campaigns) and the Army Gold Medal (Orthez). After the capture of Badajoz in 1812 Harvey was made a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Portuguese Army, but a year later he received the same rank in the British army on the recommendation of Wellington, after the Battle of Vitoria. In 1817 he was knighted and 1831 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. His final rank was Major-General. After the army he followed his father as partner in the Norwich bank of Harvey and Hudson, later the Crown Bank.
[Ref: 57942] £85.00