An Officer of the 4th Light Dragoons: probably Lt-Col. James John Hugonin (1782-1854)

Location

Country: Other
City: other locations abroad

James Pardon lived at Shoreditch in London and worked in Canterbury and later in Suffolk. He acquired a reputation as a painter of army officers: one of the portraits he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1825 represented a musician of the 15th Hussars; and the National Army Museum in London owns a portrait of his that depicts another officer of that regiment. In view of the delicate handling and minute attention to detail in these works, it is not surprising that the artist was described as a miniature painter in the Royal Academy catalogue of exhibitors.

People

James John Hugonin (1782 - 1854)

Places

Subjects

horseback, bugle, musician, male portrait, horse, man, 19th century costume, military uniform, epaulettes, feather (fashion accessory), sword, lieutenant, colonel

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

James Pardon (c.1794 - 1862)

Title

An Officer of the 4th Light Dragoons: probably Lt-Col. James John Hugonin (1782-1854)

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 73.00 cm, width: 60.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 6 February 1953

Provenance

Collection of ‘M. Bernard’; by whom sold through Christie’s, London, on 6 February 1953 (Lot 99), for £52.10.0; from which sale purchased by ‘Eccles’ (David McAdam Eccles, first Viscount Eccles, 1904-1999) on behalf of the Ministry of Works

GAC number

2047