National Army Museum

Lieutenant and Captain Samuel Barrett (1765-1794), 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, 1794 (c)

miniature on ivory, miniature

Accession Number

NAM.1995-03-24-1

Description

Lieutenant and Captain Samuel Barrett (1765-1794), 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, 1794 (c). Miniature portrait in watercolour on ivory, artist unknown, 1794 (c). In a brass and velvet mount, within a glazed, gilded wooden frame. In this bust-length portrait, Samuel Goodin Barrett is shown in uniform. The son of Edward Barrett of Cinnamon Hill, Jamaica, Samuel spent most of his career in 3rd (Prince of Wales Own) Dragoon Guards before transferring to the Horse Grenadier Guards in 1791. He was married to Elizabeth Barrett Wayte and died in Spanish Town in Jamaica on 7 December 1794. The frame bears a label verso inscribed in pen and ink, ‘Samuel Barrett/ Captain in Royal Horse Gruards/ born 25.2.1765/ died 7.12. 1794/ Buried in Spanish Town Cathedral’ and ‘Samuel Barrett/ Captain in the Royal Horse Grenadiers/ b. 25.2.1765/ d. 7.12. 1794/ Son of Edward Barrett of Cinnamon Hill. Jamaica’.

Units

Troops of Horse Grenadier Guards

Horse (and Horse Grenadiers)

3rd (or the Prince of Wales’s) Regiment of Dragoon Guards

People

Barrett, Edward

Barrett, Samuel

Unknown

Dimensions

Width: 178 mm Depth: 30 mm Text: 190 mm Part 1: 47 mm Text: 38 mm

Inscriptions

Label inscribed in pen and ink: ‘Samuel Barrett/ Captain Royal Horse Guards/ born 25.2.1765/ Died 7.12. 1794/ Buried in Spanish Town Cathedral’. Modern label inscribed in typescript: ‘SAMUEL BARRETT/ Captain in the Royal Horse Grenadiers/ b. 25 Feb 1765 d. 7 Dec 1794./ Son of Edward Barrett of Cinnamon Hill./ Jamaica’.