Lot 198: Jacob Huysmans , Antwerp circa 1630-1696 London Portrait of Colonel John Rumsey ( fl. 1660-1686), three-quarter length, wearing armour, standing before a landscape oil on canvas

inscribed upper left; COLONEL RUMSEY, and further inscribed on a label, verso; No.63/ Sir Upton Greville Smythe, Bt./ 1/2 length Port. of Colonel/ Rumsey oil on canvas

measurements note 124.5 by 99 cm., 49 by 39 in.

Sir Upton Greville Smythe, Bt.

A conspirator and close associate of the 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Rumsey was one of the leading advocates of the Rye House plot to assassinate Charles II in 1683. Originally a Cornet in Cromwell's New Model Army, following the restoration he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel with English forces in Portugal for seven years under Lord Schomberg, before becoming associated with Shaftesbury in 1670.