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Major Charles Chatfield Aid de camp to the celebrated Warren Hastings Esq Governor General of Bengal, 1784 (c)

Pastel on vellum on a board, artist unknown, 1784 (c).

Charles Hatfield of the Bengal Army was born in 1751 and died on 8 October 1791 at Barrackpore. Warren Hastings was Governor General of Bengal from 1771 to November 1784. This portrait was handed down in direct descent from the sitter's brother.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2000-07-87-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2000-07-87-1