Beschreibung:

Edwin Dalton Smith 1845 A collection of seven members of the Dickson Family including: Major General Dickson C.B., full face in scarlet coat with gold epaulettes and wearing the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and the Army Large Gold Medal 1806-14, holding the Marmaluke hilt of his sword signed, inscribed and dated on reverse 'Gen l Dickson Painted Aug t 1845 Edwin D.Smith 7 Hertford S May[fair]' Mrs. Dickson (née Harriet Dallas), facing right in off-the-shoulder brown dress with ruched bodice and diaphanous sleeves, wearing a pink turban with pearls and a falling white veil (cracked); Miss Fanny Charlotte Dickson, in a white dress with a double lace collar and blue bow at corsage, fair hair signed, inscribed and dated 'Miss F. Dickson Painted July 1845 Edwin D. Smith 7 Hertford St Mayfair' Miss L. Dickson, seated in a white dress with large lace collar and pink bow at corsage, a black stole over her arms signed, inscribed and dated 'Miss L. Dickson Painted July 1845 Edwin D.Smith 7 Hertford May[fair]' See Illustration Miss Mary Dickson, in a white off-the-shoulder dress with blue ribbon and lace collar, a multi-coloured striped stole over her arms; landscape background signed, inscribed and dated 'Miss Dickson Painted July 1845 Edwin D.Smith 7 Hertford St Mayfair' See Illustration Master William Thomas Dickson, later Lt.-General Dickson, in a black coat, white waistcoat and trousers, seated in a carved wood chair (cracked) signed, inscribed and dated 'Master Dickson Painted Aug t. 1845 Edwin D.Smith 7 Hertford May[fair]' and Achmuty Dickson, in a black uniform with gold epaulettes, shoulder belt and cummerbund (cracked) gilt-metal mounts in gilt-wood frame with velvet surround (seven in common frame) ovals, approximately 5 5/8 in. (143 mm.) high overall 27 in. (686 mm.) high