ENGLISH PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AN OFFICER, BY MISS H B BUCKLEY (ENGLISH FL.1900-1915) Y
DATED DECEMEBER 1904
£278
Auction: Day 1 - Wed 14th May from 10am | Lots 1 to 313
Description
painted on ivory laid on card, depicting Captain Frederick Campbell Maconchy D.S.O in blue uniform, inside a hallmarked silver frame with suspension loop
Dimensions
10cm high, 7cm wide
Footnote
Miss H Blanche Buckley appears to have been a gentlewoman artist working in London at the end of the Victorian era up until the First World War. Her name appears scantly in the auction record, with only a few other miniatures of officers attributed to her. She does appear to have contributed a piece to The Burlington Fine Arts Club's exhibition of ‘Portrait Miniatures’ in 1889, No.45 ‘A sketch on paper of Queen Charlotte, by Cosway’, lent by Miss H. B. Buckley. An ink on paper label to the back of the present lot states her address as ‘26 Bolton Studios, Redcliffe Road, SW’ in Chelsea, London.
The sitter, Captain Frederick Campbell Maconchy D.S.O, was born 22 August 1868, fourth son of George Maconchy, of Rathmore, Longford. He was gazetted to the East Yorkshire Regiment 21 December 1889, and became Lieutenant 27 January 1891, and Captain 9 October 1899. He served in the South African War, 1900-1, as Adjutant, 2nd Battalion East Yorks Regiment, 10 May 1900 to 31 October 1901; in operations in the Orange Free State, including action at Houtnek (Thoba Mountain); operations in Orange River Colony 30 November 1900 to January 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with three clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Frederick Campbell Maconchy, Captain, East Yorkshire Regiment. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". He retired 8 September 1906. Captain Maconchy married (1st), in 1899, Maud Ellinor, daughter of G A Thompson, of Terrington Hall, Cork; and (2ndly), in 1901, Eleanor Mary, daughter of Major Robert Beaton, of Nydie, Fife.
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