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Two Mounted Officers of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Standing on a Road, c.1895

John Edward Chapman 'Chester' Mathews (Major) (1843–1927)

National Army Museum

Two Mounted Officers of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Standing on a Road, c.1895

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Mathews was a captain in the Middlesex Yeomanry from 1880 and a captain in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars from 1894, an honorary major from 1895 and he is last mentioned in the 'Army List' of September–October 1901.

National Army Museum

London

Title

Two Mounted Officers of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Standing on a Road, c.1895

Date

1895

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 38.2 x W 53.3 cm

Accession number

NAM. 2000-06-185

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs A. P. Whitford, 2000

Work type

Painting

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John Edward Chapman 'Chester' Mathews (Major)

1843–1927

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