$861
British School, 19th Century Sir Andrew Scott Waugh Unsigned, sitter identified on a presentation plaque and in a modern inscription on the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 3/4 in. (76.0 x 63.0 cm), framed. Condition: Lined, retouch, flaking, paint losses, surface grime. N.B. Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (1810-1878) was a British army officer and surveyor now remembered as the man who named the highest mountain in the world after Sir George Everest, his predecessor in the post of Surveyor-General of India.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-04-07