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Sandys joined the Bengal Army of the East India Company in 1779, and saw action during the First Maratha War (1778–1782) and the Third Mysore War (1790–1792). He was appointed major in the 5th Bengal Native Infantry in 1803, followed shortly in 1804 by promotion to lieutenant-colonel in the 15th Bengal Native Infantry. He retired to his estate in Lanarth, Cornwall in 1805. The charming painting shows Captain Sandys with his first wife Charlotte and his sons William (born in 1795) and Allan (born in 1799). Charlotte died in 1802 and Sandys remarried. He also had an illegitimate son, John Francis (born in 1788), by an Indian mistress – an occurrence that was not uncommon with British officers in India in the eighteenth century. Robert Home’s sitters’ book records that he painted four paintings of Sandys both with and without his family.
National Army Museum
London
Title
Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel) William Sandys (1759–1829), 5th Bengal Native Infantry
Date
1799
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 128 x W 101 cm
Accession number
NAM. 1976-09-56
Acquisition method
gift from Miss W. C. Sandys-Winsch, 1976
Work type
Painting
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, Greater London SW3 4HT England
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