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A miniature on ivory of Brigadier General Alexander Pope, half length in full dress, 4½” x 3¼”, gilt inner frame, on ebony 7” x 6” overall; ink written note on back “Portrait of Brigadier Genl Pope who commanded the left wing Cavalry at the battle of Chillianwallah (1849) where he was wounded and subsequently died from his wounds. He married my grandmother (name unclear) who died at Bath about 1890. See Alison’s Europe, Vol VII, page 102. 19th Nov 1906” with a recent additional note that Pope led the 6th Light Cavalry. Good Condition Plate 53
