Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 28 Nov 2023
Brigadier General Thomas Palmer (1788-1854), Indian Army, an oval portrait, oil on canvas laid on
Brigadier General Thomas Palmer (1788-1854), Indian Army, an oval portrait, oil on canvas laid on board, unsigned, the General in uniform, half-length and slightly to sinister, wearing his Army of India Medal with Nepaul clasp (offered in this catalogue), in a gilt wood and plaster frame with scrolling ribbon pediment and title board "GENERAL, THOS. PALMER / Æt 66 yrs, Obt. 1854.", 73 x 61 cm (28.75 x 24 in.).
See lot 27 for the sitter's Army of India Medal, and for his biographical footnote.