Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, British soldier mb-code AF20060807-France-Jura-0177 'Sir Matthew Hale

'Sir Matthew Hale

Dalmeny House

Informal half length studio portrait of Philip Henry Carpenter posed at an angled writing table leaning with his right hand against his face

and the man is detaching the thick dark cable from the old wire and fastening it to the new wire

This had all taken place some eight years before the visit of the diva Marietta Piccolomini

Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, British soldier mb-code AF20060807-France-Jura-0177 'Sir Matthew HaleHenry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, British soldier. Paget served in Flanders (1794), Holland (1799) and the Peninsular War (1808). In 1812 he succeeded his father as Earl of Uxbridge. Paget was commander of the British cavalry at Waterloo where he lost a leg. In honour of his role in the battle, the Prince Regent made him Marquess of Anglesey.