Caroline Simpson Collection

Fort George Barracks, July 1836 / Thomas Wingate

Wingate, Thomas, 1807-1869.

1836

1 watercolour on paper: col ; 13 x 20.9 cm.

Inscription in ink on lower edge of image: Fort George Barracks July 1836. Officers identified in pencil below image: Keith, Meldrum, Bennet, Dalway, Walton.

Fort George (Bombay, India)
barracks
army officers
Keith, Henry Duncan, c1797-1839.
Meldrum, Thomas, 1794-1843.
Bennett, Charles Luxmore, 1812-1842.
Dalway, John Benning, 1802-1838.
Walton, John, 1805-1837.

Wingate album

This watercolour sketch is pasted in on page 47 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).
The sketch depicts five officers of the 2nd, or Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot and one unidentified Indian servant. The officers are Lieutenant Henry Duncan Keith, Captain Thomas Meldrum, Lieutenant Charles Luxmore Bennett, Lieutenant John Benning Dalway and Lieutenant John Walton. Walton, Dalway, Keith and Bennett all died in India between 1836 and 1842, Dalway's death by suicide reported as "induced by pecuniary difficulties and chagrin at the promotion of a junior officer". Meldrum retired on half-pay in May 1840 and died in London in June 1843. [MM, June 2017]

The Miriam & Ian Hamilton Collection

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

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