€400
19th Century Irish SchoolWatercolour: Miniature, "Portrait of John Arthur Howard Gorges," (father of Arthur & Raymond) in the uniform of a Cadet in the Hon. East India Company, (57th Regt. Bengal Native Infantry), taken on the eve of his departure for India in 1837, 24cms x 19cms (9 1/2" x 7 1/2") approx, black frame, inscribed on reverse. (1)* His descendant Richard William Howard Gorges was implicated in the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, as part of the Shackleton Set.
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