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This cartoon print was sold at Maggs and reproduced in their catalogue of 2001. The caption of the cartoon by Heath is ‘ONE OF THE TENTH - When I was an Infant Gossips would say when I grew older I’de be a Soldier’ Along the top is ‘HYDE PARK MAY 27 1829 SKETCHED AT THE REVIEW’ It was printed by T McLean, 26 Haymarket on 28 May 1829.
Frances Anne Vane was the Marquess’s second wife, the daughter of the very rich land and coal-mine owner, Sir Henry Vane-Tempest Bt, who stipulated in his will that his daughter’s husband should take the family name of Vane. So Charles Stewart became Charles Vane. Her wealth enabled her husband to purchase large estates in Durham, Northern Ireland and London. She was, through her daughter’s marriage to the 7th Duke of Marlborough, the great grand-mother of Sir Winston Churchill. The fact that she chose to interfere in regimental appearances at grand reviews was no surprise to anyone who knew her. As the info in the catalogue says, ‘She was notorious for her high-handed ways and set herself apart by the adoption of military-style riding costume. An extremely unusual image, and uncommon.’ Her choice of costume would have been inspired by her husband’s fondness for hussar uniform, especially the fur busby which he is seen to wear in the equestrian portrait on which the well-known Durham statue is based. |
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