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Surgeon John Henry Sylvester, 11th Bengal Cavalry (Probyn’s Horse), c.1865

Colin Hunter (1841–1904)

National Army Museum

Surgeon John Henry Sylvester, 11th Bengal Cavalry (Probyn’s Horse), c.1865

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John Henry Sylvester was born in 1830. After studying Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, he served with the Bombay Medical Service, participating in the Persian Campaign (1857), the Indian Mutiny (1857–1859), and the Umbeyla Campaign (1863–1864). During the latter expedition he was attached to Probyn’s Horse. Sylvester was later made Deputy Surgeon General in India and died there in 1903.

This retrospective work, painted in 1885, depicts Sylvester as a younger man during his period of service (1860–1867) with Probyn’s Horse.

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Title

Surgeon John Henry Sylvester, 11th Bengal Cavalry (Probyn’s Horse), c.1865

Date

1885

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.2 x W 45.7 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1987-07-44

Acquisition method

purchased from Miss B. A. S. Hodder via Whitehead, Fox and Sons, 1987

Work type

Painting

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Colin Hunter

1841–1904

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