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Colonel John Fremantle (d. 1854), CB, Aide-de-Camp to the King Signed and dated 1832
Oil on card | 34.6 x 25.3 x 0.15 cm (whole object) | RCIN 407035
Alexandre-Jean Dubois Drahonet (1791-1834)
Colonel John Fremantle (d. 1854), CB, Aide-de-Camp to the King Signed and dated 1832
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In 1832 Alexandre-Jean Dubois Drahonet was commissioned by King William IV to paint one hundred pictures illustrating the uniform of the Army and the Navy. Ninety-one of the one hundred are still in the collection today. These are some of the few military works by Drahonet that are recorded, along with paintings depicting the French Navy in the Musée de la Marine, Paris.
John William Fremantle was one of the first students at the Royal Military College, Marlow. He was present at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) as one of Wellington's Aide-de-Camps and received the Waterloo Medal. In 1830, he was made a Brevet Colonel and appointed Aide-de-Camp to The King.
Each picture in the series profiles one figure against a neutral background, focusing on details of uniform. The sitters are sometimes identified by name, and are otherwise classified by rank and regiment.Those represented in RCINS 407001-3 and 407035 all served as body guards and personal staff to King William IV.Provenance
Commissioned by William IV; recorded in the Equerries Room at Windsor Castle in 1878
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Oil on card
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34.6 x 25.3 x 0.15 cm (whole object)
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JSS 9
