Lot 651
WILLIAM GRIMALDI R.A. (1751-1830)
A miniature portrait of Edwin Stacey XII Light Dragoons, standing in uniform with sword three quarter length, 15 x 3.5 cms, signed and inscribed on backing paper 1815, in original gilt gesso frame
*Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1815 n. 557.
(Portrait of an officer of the Light Dragoons)
Among Grimaldi's wealthy clientele was a brewer, John Brenchley, whose partner was Flint Stacey, Mayor of Maidstone. In 1793 they, with others, founded the Kentish Bank. Flint Stacey was father of Edwin, the sitter in this portrait and purchaser of the previous portrait of the Duke of Wellington.
Provenance: as previous lot
