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Lot 53

David Morier
(Bern 1705-1770 London)
Equestrian portrait of John Jeffreys

3 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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David Morier (Bern 1705-1770 London)

Equestrian portrait of John Jeffreys
inscribed 'John Jeffreys Esqr. Guidon & Captain, of the Horse Grenadier Guards 1751' (lower right)
oil on canvas
113.7 x 91.3cm (44 3/4 x 35 15/16in).

Footnotes

John Jeffreys received his first appointment by warrant as Troop Quartermaster, 3rd Regiment of Horse, 8 September 1739; commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant and Adjutant, 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, 10 May 1740; Sub-Lieutenant, 6 April 1744 (when he relinquished the appointment of Adjutant); Guidon and Captain, 25 April 1751; Lieutenant and Captain, 13 September 1754; Major, 29 March 1762. He retired, 23 March 1764.

The Horse Grenadiers, of which there were two troops, were part of what today would be called the Household Cavalry. The four troops of Horse Guards, occasionally referred to as Life Guards, were senior to the Horse Grenadiers and the six troops collectively made up the sovereign's mounted bodyguard. The 3rd and 4th troops of Horse Guards were abolished in 1746.

David Morier thrived under the patronage of the Duke of Cumberland, the effective commander-in-chief of the British Army, producing equestrian portraits of his patron and other senior officers, as well as his commission in 1748 to create the Grenadier paintings, which documented the uniforms and equipment of each of the 49 regiments.

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