Col. Carlisle Spedding, 4th Light Dragoons, c. 1820

Unsigned watercolor; single figure standing in a landscape, holding shako in right arm, tent encampment in left distance. Unsigned watercolor; single figure standing in a landscape, holding shako in right arm, tent encampment in left distance. Carlisle Spedding entered the service in June 1799, and served in the Peninsula with the 4th Dragoons at the battles of Talavera, Busaco, Albuera and Salamanca. He retired on half-pay in August 1821.

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Original record: Col. Carlisle Spedding, 4th Light Dragoons, c. 1820
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1782 – 1872
1820
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Subject(s): Army
Great Britain
Light Dragoons, c.
Portraits
Regiment of Light Dragoons, 4th (Queen's Own)
Soldiers in art
Spedding, Carlisle
Uniforms
Watercolors (Paintings)

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