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Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922)
Risaldar Anoop Singh, Sirdar Bahadur, 11th Bengal Lancers Signed and dated 1877
Oil on canvas | 40.6 x 0.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403595
Durbar Corridor, Osborne House
Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922)
Risaldar Anoop Singh, Sirdar Bahadur, 11th Bengal Lancers Signed and dated 1877
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Anoop Singh and Afzul Khan, whose portrait is also in the Royal Collection (RCIN 403594), were Indian Orderly Officers to the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria’s eldest son. They had come back to England in his entourage. Anoop Singh is depicted in uniform and his medals include those for the Punjab campaign, China 1857-60 and the Indian Mutiny, and the Indian Order of Merit. Hall declared that he was proud of the commission to paint the two men and found the subject congenial and to his taste. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1877. Signed and dated: S.P. HALL / 1877.
Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria; sent to Osborne 28 Dec 1877
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
40.6 x 0.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
65.9 x 55.7 x 7.5 cm (frame, external)
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