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[Henry Foubert] Major Foubert.
T. Hudson Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1740.
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins Creasing and soiling.
A half-length portrait in oval of Major Henry Foubert (d.1743), in white wig and breastplate under his jacket. Arriving in England in 1769 as a Huguenot refugee with his father Solomon, Foubert fought with the Duke of Schomberg at the Battle of the Boyne and was promoted to major for bravery. He is identified in the key of Jan Wyck's view of the battle. When Solomon Foubert died, Henry took over his riding academy, teaching the princes. It is near to 'Foubert's Place', a walkway between today's Carnaby Street and Regent Street.
CS 137. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68580] £260.00
Mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"), large margins Creasing and soiling.
A half-length portrait in oval of Major Henry Foubert (d.1743), in white wig and breastplate under his jacket. Arriving in England in 1769 as a Huguenot refugee with his father Solomon, Foubert fought with the Duke of Schomberg at the Battle of the Boyne and was promoted to major for bravery. He is identified in the key of Jan Wyck's view of the battle. When Solomon Foubert died, Henry took over his riding academy, teaching the princes. It is near to 'Foubert's Place', a walkway between today's Carnaby Street and Regent Street.
CS 137. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68580] £260.00