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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 837

A pair of watercolours by Richard Simkin (1850-1926)

Each on grey card, mounted and glazed within a narrow black-painted frame 15in. x 20in.; dimensions within mount 9.5in x 14.5in.

The watercolours depict, respectively, an officer and sergeant of the 89th Foot, 1832, in Full Dress or Parade Order. Standing 'at ease', the officer wears a scarlet coattee with large gold epaulettes, white overalls, bell-top shako with white plume and sabre in his right hand, the point resting upon the ground.
The sergeant in red single-breasted coattee and white overalls, white-plumed bell-top shako and Grenadier Company wings, a Brown Bess musket in his right hand, the butt resting upon the ground. The frames and mounts with some surface dust, otherwise very good condition (2)

Each signed R. Simkin to lower-right corner, in addition to title below each figure.

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£200