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ANGLO-INDIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
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ANGLO-INDIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

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ANGLO-INDIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
The Hon. Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset (1816-1845), in black coat and stock
on ivory
rectangular, 4.1/8 x 3 in. (105 x 77 mm.), gilt-metal mount within burr maple frame
A paper label on the reverse is typed 'Major Arthur Fitzroy Somerset / Captain Grenadier Guards / Military Secretary to the governor / General of India 1845 / Died of wounds received at the Battle / of Ferozeshah on Xmas Day xxxx 1845 / The battle was fought on the 22nd of December / Painted in India by a native artist'
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J. Steegman, Portraits in Welsh Houses, Cardiff, 1962, vol. II, p. 131, no. 69.
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The Hon. Arthur FitzRoy Somerset was the eldest son of Lord FitzRoy Somerset, and his wife Lady Emily, née Wellesely-Pole. He was a Major in the Grenadier Guards fighting in India. He distinguished himself at the battle of Maharajpoor (see lots 87 & 88), and was fatally wounded at the battle of Ferozeshah in 1845.

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