Portrait of Major General Charles Cathcart, 8th Baron Cathcart (1686-1740) when Colonel of the 7th Horse (later 6th Dragoon Guards).
, 1733

This military portrait of the first half of the 18th century shows Major General Charles Cathcart, a distinguished regimental officer of the Scots Greys and colonel of the 7th Horse (later 6th Dragoon Guards), who served for some 38 years in the British Army. Cathcart joined the army in 1702, aged 18, and fought in the War of the Spanish Succession and against the Jacobite army in Scotland.
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Title of artwork, date
Portrait of Major General Charles Cathcart, 8th Baron Cathcart (1686-1740) when Colonel of the 7th Horse (later 6th Dragoon Guards). , 1733
Date supported
2017
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
125 x 100
Total cost
13500
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