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Captain John Rooper (1809-1894), Rifle Brigade, 1842 Watercolour with white bodycolour heightening, signed and dated lower left ‘Wm. Buckler 1842’, by William Buckler (1814-1884), 1842. Three quarter length portrait to right, a pelisse over his left shoulder, his left hand resting on his sword, a regency pattern shako under his right arm. Rooper obtained his captaincy by purchase in 1837 and was married in 1842, the year this portrait was taken.