An unidentified officer of fencible cavalry, 1800 (c)
miniature on ivory, miniature
Accession Number

NAM.1984-03-100-1

Description

An unidentified officer of fencible cavalry, 1800 (c). Miniature portrait in watercolour on ivory, by George Engleheart (1750-1829), 1800 (c). In glazed, gold frame with a lock of hair verso, within a green, engine-turned decorative border. Head and shoulders in red coat, dark green facings and silver lace. George Engleheart was one of the greatest miniaturists working in Georgian England, exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1773 to 1822.