Lot 171Y
24 May 2006, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,560 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistSimon Jacques Rochard (French, 1788-1872)
An Officer of the 9th Light Dragoons (Lancers), wearing the full-dress uniform, scarlet coatee with gold epaulettes, gold stand up collar, gold waistbelt bearing a regimental pattern plate and carrying his full-dress special pattern lance cap.
Set into a fitted red leather case with ormolu slip.
Rectangular, 150mm (5 7/8in) high
Set into a fitted red leather case with ormolu slip.
Rectangular, 150mm (5 7/8in) high
Footnotes
Despite being a distinctive portrait by Simon Jacques Rochard the present lot is unsigned. As the sky background has some bare ivory showing through it is probable that the image was unfinished by Rochard and therefore does not bear his signature.