Lot 236: Denis Dighton (1792-1827) Military Painter to H.R.H. the Prince Regent and later King George IV. Three sketches. By another hand a pen and ink sketch of a Guidon of the Antiqua Light Dragoons c. 1830.

Comprising an officer of the 17th (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) in pencil on paper watermarked 1823 (32 x 28 cms). The watercolour, for which this is a preparatory sketch is in the Collection of H.M. The Queen, published by A.E. Haswell Mille and N.P. Dawnay Military Drawings and Paintings in the Royal Collection (London 1966 Vol. 1 Plate 319 and Vol. 2 Plate 61, Cat. 426), dated 1825.
Items of a British Hussar Officer's uniform, including the shabraque of a General Officer of Hussars, in pencil with some watercolour, verso a Cossack pony in pencil with some watercolour c. 1814-20 (27.5 x 42 cms). The Hussar uniform sketches may have been made in preparation for the watercolour of a General Officer of Hussars in the Collection of H.M. The Queen (Haswell Mille & Dawnay Vol. 1 Plate 307 and Vol. 2 Plate 58 Cat. 406) c. 1814.
The saddlery of a British Hussar Officer in pencil on paper (24 x 28 cms).
The pen and ink sketch of a Guidon for the Antique Light Dragoons c. 1830s is shown in excellent detail. (27 x 33 cms) One tear. (4)