Core Record |
| Title |
Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor KCB CSI CIE as Quartermaster-General India |
| Collection |
National Army Museum, London |
| Artist |
Ciardiello, Michael (Italian artist, b. 1839) |
| Date |
1883 (dated) |
| Description |
Sir Charles Metcalfe (1840-1887) served throughout the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857-9 and the campaign of 1860 in China. |
| Current Accession Number |
NAM. 1952-03-1 |
| Inscription |
front lr 'unfinished, 1883 -7am' |
| Subject |
portrait (MacGregor, Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe); military and war |
| Measurements |
67 x 59 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Miss A. I. Bellew & Mrs Turnbull 1952. |
| Provenance |
Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor. |
| Notes |
Ciardiello was an Italian artist. Very little is known about him, including his date of death. Two of his paintings show children playing in the Bay of Naples. |
| Rights Owner |
Courtesy of the Council, National Army Museum |
| Author |
Dr Madeleine Korn |
