Caroline Simpson Collection

On the road to Belgaum, December 1836 / Thomas Wingate

Wingate, Thomas, 1807-1869.

1836

1 watercolour on paper: col ; 11.6 x 16.5 cm.

Inscription in ink within image lower right: on the road to Belgaum / December 1836. Caption in ink below image: Lt. Colonel Carruthers C.B.

Belgaum (India)
army officers
horses
Carruthers, Richard, 1799-1864.

Wingate album

This watercolour sketch is pasted in on page 49 of a leather-bound folio album containing 62 sketches and watercolours and 33 early photographs, many signed by or attributable to Thomas Wingate (1807-69), former British army officer and second husband of Eleanor Terry nee Rouse (1813-1898).
Major Richard Carruthers, the supposed subject of the sketch, entered the British army in 1814 as an ensign in the 26th Regiment, transferring to the 2nd, or Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot as a lieutenant in January 1825, becoming captain in April 1829, major in February 1836 and lieutenant colonel in January 1847. For much of this time he served in the East Indies, including the opening campaigns of the First Anglo-Afghan War. Thomas Wingate served under Carruthers during his own career in the Queen's Royals and made several sketches of his fellow officers during the time the regiment was in cantonment at Belgaum (now Belagavi) from late 1836 until late 1838. Wingate's caption on the album page below the image has been added some time after June 1840 when Carruthers was appointed Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Military Bath for his role in the capture of Kelat in the First Anglo-Afghan War and promoted to Brevet Lieut Colonel. [MM, June 2017]

The Miriam & Ian Hamilton Collection

Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; CSL&RC PIC 2015/3: Wingate album

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