Live Auction 2190Christie's Interiors
Christie’s roundel
Lot 188

Follower of Benjamin Hudson

Portrait of a lady in a blue dress; and a companion portrait of her husband, a military officer, wearing red uniform

Closed2 September 2009

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USD 3,250

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Follower of Benjamin Hudson
Portrait of a lady in a blue dress; and a companion portrait of her husband, a military officer, wearing red uniform
the first with signature 'B. Hudson' (lower left)
each oil on canvas
each 30½ x 25¼ in. (77.5 x 64.1 cm.), in a painted oval (2)

Specialist note

The medals on the uniform of the male sitter in the present lot indicate that he served in India, as they are the Indian Mutiny Medal of 1857-58 and the Punjab Medal (1848-49) with two clasps for the battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat.