Lot 116: François Théodore Rochard (French, 1798-1858) Captain Robert Dean Werge of the 39th Foot, wearing red coatee with gold collar and epaulettes, white cross belt bearing gilt belt plate, a crimson sash tied at his waist

Captain Robert Dean Werge of the 39th Foot, wearing red coatee with gold collar and epaulettes, white cross belt bearing gilt belt plate, a crimson sash tied at his waist.
Watercolour on paper, signed on the obverse in pencil and dated F. Rochard/ 1832, maple wood frame, the reverse inscribed with sitter's details.
Rectangular, 225mm (8 7/8in) high
Exhibited: Naval & Military Exhibition, Royal Academy Building, Edinburgh, no.450

Captain Robert Dean Werge was the son of Oswald Werge and his wife, Ellen Dean. He entered the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot as Ensign on 3 April, 1832. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 August, 1833 and then to Captain on 11 June, 1841. However, by 1844, the Army List records him as dead, Werge having apparently passed away during a stop-over in Greece on the voyage home from India.