Thomas Maxwell Esq.r Major General of the Army, and Commander of the Dragoons in Ireland. &c.
J. Closterman pinx: J Smith fec: et excud:
[Engraved c.1692 but Boydell edition on Whatman paper watermarked 1801.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Glued to 19th century album page, with some creasing and scratching to left edge of image.
A three-quarter portrait of Major General Thomas Maxwell (d.1693), wearing a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, holding a baton. A Scottish Catholic in the British army and second husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, Maxwell stayed loyal to James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He went to Ireland, becoming a colonel in the Seventh Regiment of dragoons at Bangor and fighting at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1691 he commanded the garrison of Athlone during the siege, after which he was captured and sent to the Tower of London. Released in 1693, he entered French service and was killed at the Battle of Marsaglia the same year.
Chaloner Smith: 180, ii of ii. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 8929] £140.00
[Engraved c.1692 but Boydell edition on Whatman paper watermarked 1801.]
Mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Glued to 19th century album page, with some creasing and scratching to left edge of image.
A three-quarter portrait of Major General Thomas Maxwell (d.1693), wearing a long wig, lace cravat, armour, fringed sash around his waist, holding a baton. A Scottish Catholic in the British army and second husband of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk, Maxwell stayed loyal to James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He went to Ireland, becoming a colonel in the Seventh Regiment of dragoons at Bangor and fighting at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1691 he commanded the garrison of Athlone during the siege, after which he was captured and sent to the Tower of London. Released in 1693, he entered French service and was killed at the Battle of Marsaglia the same year.
Chaloner Smith: 180, ii of ii. Not in Sharp.
[Ref: 8929] £140.00