45TH (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) REGIMENT AT ORTHES 1814 A WATER COLOUR DRAWING BY R. SIMKIN, the 34 x 22 cms picture shows a mounted Field Officer of the 45th leading a charge upon fleeing French Infantry, the Colours of the regiment are also in evidence, only one French Non-Commissioned Officer is making a stand against the onslaught, with ink inscription in block capitals on the lower left of the picture ‘R.Simkin’, now contained in a glazed wooden frame, very good condition
£300-400 1541
14TH (KING’S) HUSSARSWATERCOLOUR OF A MOUNTED OFFICER BY ORLANDO NORIE C. 1865, the officer is depicted wearing busby, tunic, trousers with his sabre and sabretache, shabraque and bedding roll all adorned with the regimental insignia, his charger with yellow throat plume, signed ‘O.Norie’, 25 x 19.5 cms, unmounted and unframed