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First Lieutenant Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache (1808-90), Rifle Brigade Signed and dated 1832
Oil on card | 34.75 x 25.4 x 0.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 407057
Alexandre-Jean Dubois Drahonet (1791-1834)
First Lieutenant Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache (1808-90), Rifle Brigade Signed and dated 1832
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Primarily a portraitist, Alexandre Dubois-Drahonet (1791-1829) worked for the French courts of Charles X and Louis-Philippe. His work is marked out by a clarity of line and understanding of light and shade acquired from Ingres.
In 1832 William IV commissioned the artist to paint his niece, the future Queen Victoria (RCIN 407006). This was part of a much larger commission to paint a series of one hundred pictures of soldiers that charted recent changes in the uniforms and weapons of the British Army. The sitters are sometimes identified by name, and are otherwise classified by rank and regiment. Ninety-one of the one hundred are still in the collection today. Apart from those depicting the French Navy in the Musée de la Marine, Paris, these are the only military works by Dubois-Drahonet that are recorded.
First Lieutenant Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache wears the uniform of the Rifle Brigade, with a green uniform and black facings, lace and braid. He also wears a pelisse.
Provenance
Commissioned by William IV; recorded in the Equerries Room at Windsor Castle in 1878
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on card
Measurements
34.75 x 25.4 x 0.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
Other number(s)
JSS 81