Sir George Thomas Napier (1784-1855), 1840 (c)
miniature on card, miniature
Accession Number
NAM.1992-11-129-1
Description
Sir George Thomas Napier (1784-1855), 1840 (c). Miniature portrait in oil on card, signed centre right ‘F Pietrocola’, by Floriano Pietrocola (1809-1899), 1840 (c). Half-length portrait, in civilian dress, wearing the star and badge of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander (KCB), military commission. In a glazed, gilt metal frame of the type usually fitted into a leather case (now lacking). A portrait of an unidentified woman has been used to back the miniature.



