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Edward Thomas Coke (1807-1888)
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Edward Thomas Coke (1807-1888)
and Diana Coke (d.1895)
portrait of captain edward thomas coke of the 45th regiment while serving at rangoon, burma in 1826
signed l.l.: Edward/and Diana Coke/Novr 1835 and extensively inscribed on original backboard
watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour and scratching out
44 by 31 cm., 17 1/4 by 12 1/4 in.
The sitter and artist Edward Thomas Coke of Trusley and Debdale was the son of D'Ewes Coke of Brookhill (1774-1856) and Harriet Wright of Mapperly Hall, Nottinghamshire (d.1815). Trusley Manor, the seat of the Coke family, is six miles west of Derby and has been in the family since 1418. He married on 6th August 1835, Diana, the younger daughter of the Rev. John Talbot of Ardfert Abbey, Co. Kerry.
The inscription tells us that the portrait which is drawn by the sitter and his wife, is based on a watercolour by Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) who moved to Derby in 1825 and painted portraits at Chatsworth and other important local Derbyshire houses. The background comes from a sketch drawn on the spot by the sitter in Burma. Having finished his education at Shrewsbury school, Coke was appointed to an Ensignacy in the 45th Regiment and was sent to join the regiment in Burma. On the evacuation by the British of the country in December 1826, the 45th formed part of the force which took possession of the ceded districts on the Tenasserim coast and formed the settlement of Moulmein, under Sir Archibald Campbell. He returned to England in 1831 and married four years later. In 1853, he was promoted to the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 1st Derbyshire Milita and was J.P. for the County of Derby
and Diana Coke (d.1895)
portrait of captain edward thomas coke of the 45th regiment while serving at rangoon, burma in 1826
signed l.l.: Edward/and Diana Coke/Novr 1835 and extensively inscribed on original backboard
watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour and scratching out
44 by 31 cm., 17 1/4 by 12 1/4 in.
The sitter and artist Edward Thomas Coke of Trusley and Debdale was the son of D'Ewes Coke of Brookhill (1774-1856) and Harriet Wright of Mapperly Hall, Nottinghamshire (d.1815). Trusley Manor, the seat of the Coke family, is six miles west of Derby and has been in the family since 1418. He married on 6th August 1835, Diana, the younger daughter of the Rev. John Talbot of Ardfert Abbey, Co. Kerry.
The inscription tells us that the portrait which is drawn by the sitter and his wife, is based on a watercolour by Octavius Oakley (1800-1867) who moved to Derby in 1825 and painted portraits at Chatsworth and other important local Derbyshire houses. The background comes from a sketch drawn on the spot by the sitter in Burma. Having finished his education at Shrewsbury school, Coke was appointed to an Ensignacy in the 45th Regiment and was sent to join the regiment in Burma. On the evacuation by the British of the country in December 1826, the 45th formed part of the force which took possession of the ceded districts on the Tenasserim coast and formed the settlement of Moulmein, under Sir Archibald Campbell. He returned to England in 1831 and married four years later. In 1853, he was promoted to the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 1st Derbyshire Milita and was J.P. for the County of Derby