The Oriental club and Hanover Square . that title. Caenac, Sib James Eivett, Bart. A full-length portrait,by H. W. Pickersgill, acquired for the Club by a subscrip-tion of members. Sir James is portrayed in full uniform,consisting of a blue double-breasted tail-coat, with heavy goldepaulets, and a gold aiguillette fixed into the button-hole onthe right side of the figure, black trousers, with broad goldstripes. He wears what appears to be a generals sash, withheavy gold tassels, and a gold sword-belt and sword withblack scabbard. His right hand rests on the peak of hiscocked hat, which is plac
The Oriental club and Hanover Square . that title. Caenac, Sib James Eivett, Bart. A full-length portrait,by H. W. Pickersgill, acquired for the Club by a subscrip-tion of members. Sir James is portrayed in full uniform,consisting of a blue double-breasted tail-coat, with heavy goldepaulets, and a gold aiguillette fixed into the button-hole onthe right side of the figure, black trousers, with broad goldstripes. He wears what appears to be a generals sash, withheavy gold tassels, and a gold sword-belt and sword withblack scabbard. His right hand rests on the peak of hiscocked hat, which is placed upon a table. The style ofuniform is much more naval than military, and is probablydiplomatic, and that which he was accustomed to wear whileGovernor of Bombay; but some critics consider it to be theuniform of a lord- or deputy-lieutenant. His face is turnedslightly to the left of the spectator, and is that of a fair manclean-shaven. He wears his own hair of brown tinged withgrey. James Eivett, who afterwards assumed the name of I. .-^oifL ////?<?? Our Portraits 217 Carnac, having been a grand-nephew of the famous General,Chves second in command, was born in 1785, and joined theIndian Army as an officer of Madras Native Infantry, retiringvnth the rank of major in 1822. In 1827 he was elected aDirector of the Honourable East India Company, and becameChairman of the Court in 1836, when a baronetcy was con-ferred upon him. In 1838 he was appointed Governor ofBombay, but remained there less than two years. He was amember of our Club, and died in 1840. There is a bust ofhim by Chantrey in the Town Hall, Bombay. Mr. Henry William Pickersgill, who painted this portraitand several others in our collection, was an artist of someeminence. He was born in London in 1782, elected a fullmember of the Royal Academy in 1826, and retired from theactive practice of his profession in 1872. It is stated thatfrom time to time he exhibited at the Academy upwards of350 pictures, most of them be
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