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BROWNRIGG, COL H. J.
Neg. No: 2370
Neg. Size: 12"x10"
Neg. Date: 28-05-1900
 

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Sitter: Colonel Henry John Brodrick Brownrigg (1828-1904).

Colonel Henry John Brodrick Brownrigg (1828-1904).

Biog: Joined Commissariat, 1850; Assistant Controller to the Forces, 1869; Colonel 1884; Senior Commissary-General of the Army 1886.

Date: 28 May 1900.

Occasion: -

Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: TQL standing.

Costume: (probably) Full Dress uniform, Commissary-General of the Army.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (military division) [C.B. cr. 24 May 1881]; Crimea Medal 1854-1856 with 3 clasps: 'Alma', 'Inkerman' and 'Sebastopol'; Canada General Service Medal 1866, with clasp; South Africa Medal 1877-1879, with clasp; Turkish Crimea Medal 1855.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 1.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Who's Who; The Times, 26 October 1904, p 6c.

Occasion: -

Costume: -

Orders, Decorations & Medals: (Order of the Bath) Burke's Peerage; (others) E.C. Joslin, A.R. Litherland & B.T. Simpkin, British Battles & Medals, London, 1988.

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