Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Harry Smith, Bt (1787-1860), General
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Colonial soldier and governor; served in Napoleonic wars; in the Kaffir war, 1835-6; adjutant-general in India, 1840; fought in Gwalior campaign; defeated the Sikhs at Aliwal; created baronet and major-general, 1846; governor of the Cape of Good Hope, 1847; suppressed Boers, 1848, and Kaffirs, 1850-2; prevented convicts being landed; lieutenant-general, 1854; four towns in South Africa named in his honour.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.