Portrait of Captain Weber

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About the Item

The handsome subject of this painting is, as indicated by his uniform, a member of the Royal Horse Artillery, an elite regiment whose Latin motto was “Ubique,” meaning that they served “everywhere.” Before motorized transport came into general use after World War I, cannons had to be moved into place by horses, and this frequently dangerous operation was overseen by officers such as Captain Weber. Horse artillery units served in support of the light dragoons, horse-mounted infantry. The full-dress uniform rendered so exquisitely in this painting, with the blue jacket heavily laced with gold cord, the black sable busby (hat) with a white plume and red bag, and blue trousers striped red was adopted just before the Crimean War (1853-56) and remains, with minor changes, the same to this day. The gold laced red collar bears a silver bursting grenade, the badge of the artillery, and the shoulder cords have three “pips” (small stars of the Order of the Bath) which indicate the captain’s rank. Also indicating his rank is the cluster of “eyes” in soutache braid surrounding the Austrian knot on the cuff. Over his left shoulder he wears the gold-laced belt of his cartridge box, and around his neck looped on his breast are the ends of his “cap-lines,” which would prevent him from losing his headgear if it should fall off while he was on horseback. The white plume on his busby is of egret and vulture feathers with a gold ring around it. The use of the egret feathers and the indication of rank on the captain’s jacket cuff indicates that this uniform predates 1902, for in that year egret feathers were replaced by ostrich feathers and the use of braid was abolished. The ever-frugal British, however, allowed individual officers to “wear out” their old uniforms, and thus they might have worn the older up until World War I. Captain Weber wears a Wilkinson 1853 light cavalry sword in its dress scabbard which has full-dress gold laced slings with a gold cord knot. The medal to be seen just behind the loop in the cap-lines represents service in South Africa, 1899-1902, and its six bars indicate battles in which he fought. In 1906, the year this portrait was painted, Herkomer exhibited “Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Seymour, G.C.B., O.M.” at the Royal Academy in London. Herkomer’s portrait of Colonel Frederick Richard Thomas Trench-Gascoigne DSO (1851-1937), painted in 1903, is strikingly similar to this portrait of Captain Weber and is in the collection of the Leeds Museums and Galleries (presently at Lotherton Hall).

Creator:
Herman Gustave Herkomer (1862 - 1935, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 55.5 in (140.97 cm)Width: 45.25 in (114.94 cm)
More Editions & Sizes:
Price: $25,000
Medium:
Oil Pastel,Oil
Period:
1900-1909
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New Orleans, LA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU56711924943

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