Frederick Buck (Irish, 1771-circa 1840)
Thomas Pepper of the Royal Meath Militia, wearing scarlet coatee with gold figured blue collar and facings, gold buttons and epaulette, a white sword belt with gold plate embossed with the number 17, frilled white chemise and black stock, his hair powdered.
Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal seed-pearl monogram TP within verre-eglomisé border on hair background.
Oval, 65mm (2 9/16in) high
Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal seed-pearl monogram TP within verre-eglomisé border on hair background.
Oval, 65mm (2 9/16in) high
Sold for
£2,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The Pepper family had obtained grants of land in County Meath in the mid-seventeenth century, adopting as their seat Ballygarth Castle in the village of Julianstown. The Topographical Dictionary of Ireland of 1837 lists Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Pepper, apparently the sitter in the present lot, as the proprietor of the estate, which numbered nearly five hundred acres.
At the turn of the 19th century, the Royal Meath Militia, or 17th Regiment, was under the command of the Pepper's Irish neighbour, the 1st Marquess of Headfort.
Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures
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