WILLIAM DENTON (BRITISH exh. 1792-1795)
Portrait miniature of an Officer of Light Dragoons, his dark blue jacket with silver lace and pale yellow facings, his hair powdered and worn en queue
signed with initials and dated 1794, lower right, signed and dated Wm. Denton Pinxt. Feby. 1794, verso
watercolour on ivory
gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal gold monogram JW on plaited hair
oval, 67 mm (2 3/4 in) high

PROVENANCE:
Sale, Bonhams, London, 4 March, 2003, Portrait Miniatures and Silhouettes, lot 131

The 12th Light Dragoons were posted from England to the Mediterranean in 1793 where they fought at the siege of Toulon. In 1794 they took part in the siege of Bastia in April; in May to Cita Vecchia; to Rome; in August to Corsi. It is likely that the the sitter sat for the present portrait before his departure.

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