Sir David Ochterlony, 1st Bt

This portraitback to top

A visitor to the NPG in 1956, Dr W. B. Manley, suggested that as he knew of a record of Ochterlony's having been painted by an Indian artist, Kiwan Ram of Meerut, this might be it; presumably he meant 'Raja' Jivan Ram.

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Half-length in uniform of colonel of 28 Bengal Native Infantry, holding a hookah; white hair, dark blue eyes, very pale complexion.

Provenanceback to top

William Sprot Boyd (of the Indian Civil Service and Resident in Baroda, d. 1840); bequeathed to his brother Edward Lennox Boyd who gave it to the NPG 1900.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.

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