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Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Hornsby-Drake (1845–1932), in His Old Uniform,1st Madras Lancers, 1893

William Edwards Miller (1851–1940)

National Army Museum

Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Hornsby-Drake (1845–1932), in His Old Uniform,1st Madras Lancers, 1893

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Hornsby-Drake joined the Indian Army in 1864 and served with the 1st Madras Light Cavalry (later the 1st Madras Lancers) in the Second Afghan War (1878–1880). He was Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master-General during the Third Burma War (1885–1887), then retired in 1887. Here he is shown wearing the uniform of his former regiment, although the portrait was painted some six years after he had left the Indian Army. From 1888 to 1890 he served as a major in the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and in 1895 was appointed to The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, a Royal bodyguard, from which he resigned in 1919.

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Title

Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Hornsby-Drake (1845–1932), in His Old Uniform,1st Madras Lancers, 1893

Date

c.1893

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 140.7 x W 106.5 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1975-10-74

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs A. Waddilove, 1975

Work type

Painting

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William Edwards Miller

1851–1940

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