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Portrait of Captain Sir William-Peer Williams, Baronet, of the 16th Light Dragoons

Maker

(Artists)
1713-1784

Title

Portrait of Captain Sir William-Peer Williams, Baronet, of the 16th Light Dragoons

Date of Production

1759

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 127.3 cm (canvas)
Width: 101.1 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.335

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Label Text

Sir William Peere Williams, 2nd Baronet of Clapton and MP for New Shoreham, is shown wearing the uniform of the 16th Light Dragoons. This portrait was probably painted to commemorate the raising of the regiment in 1759, as hostilities increased during the Seven Years War.
Williams was killed in action against the French two years later, aged thirty-one.

Provenance

Lee Bequest 1947

Exhibition History

Chequers, England, 1983-85

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