Lot 68: Henry William Pickersgill R.A. 1782-1875 , Portrait of Major General Sir Henry Wheatley, Bt, C.B., G.C.H. (1777-1852) oil on canvas

half length, standing, wearing the sash and breast star of the Royal Guelphic Order oil on canvas

measurements note 90 by 70 cm., 35½ by 27½ in.

London, Royal Academy, 1836, no. 223

R. Walker, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 493 then identified as 'Sir Herbert Taylor'ENGRAVED:

by F. Joubert, c. 1836 (a copy of this mezzotint is included in this lot)

Anonymous sale, Debenham & Coe Auctioneers, 9 August 1972, lot 58;
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 22 June 1973, lot 84;
with Parker Gallery, London

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Sir Henry Wheatley was Kepper of the Privy Purse to William IV and Queen Victoria. Knighted in 1831, he became Major General in the Hanoverian Army and was awarded the Grand Cross of Hanover in 1834. During his distinguished career he received other decorations including Companion of the Order of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1848.