Lieutenant Hugh Massy Wheeler, 24th Bengal Native Infantry, 1809
photograph of miniature, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1988-07-55-1
Description
Lieutenant Hugh Massy Wheeler, 24th Bengal Native Infantry, 1809. Miniature, black and white photograph of a portrait, 1809 (c). Bust-length portrait in regimental uniform, in profile to right. In oval, glazed, wooden frame with an easel back. Inscribed verso in pen and ink, ‘Gen Sir Hugh Massy Wheeler/ born 1790 Ballywin Tipperary/ Killed 1857 at Cawnpore/ Painted at Delhi Aug 29/ 1809’
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