johnsingersargent

"General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO TD (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a general in the British Army and is most notable for commanding the ill-fated Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Gallipoli."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Standish_Monteith_Hamilton

other Bain pictures:

This is a detail from John Singer Sargent's "Colonel Ian Hamilton, CB, DSO", (1898), now in the Tate gallery in London. The Tate's description: "General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853–1947) is here portrayed as a colonel and commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the N.W. Frontier of India. He would have been in the Battle of Dargai (1897), but broke his leg before the campaign began and rejoined his command only after the fighting was over. This portrait must have been painted soon after his return to England in May 1898, on his appointment to command the Musketry School at Hythe. He later became commander of the Dardanelles Expeditionary Force 1915, and in 1920 published his two-volume Gallipoli Diary. Sir Ian was also a collector and bequeathed Sickert's ‘St Mark's, Venice’ (N05914) to the Tate Gallery. A three-quarter view head and shoulders portrait, 27 1/2×20, inscribed ‘To Mrs Ian Hamilton’, was given by Lady Hamilton to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 1941. The sitter wears khaki drill uniform and in the background are regimental colours. (See also N05247.)" www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-colonel-ian-hamilton... One of 5 (so far) Bain/LOC Commons photos of Gen. Hamilton: www.flickr.com/search/?w=8623220@N02&q=ian%20hamilton%20 Gen Hamilton's Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Standish_Monteith_Hamilton

The Tate are wrong, it is not a head and shoulders portrait, he is clearly not wearing khaki uniform and there are no colours in the background. He is however wearing the CB (before it became a neck badge) and the DSO

In that paragraph, the Tate is (are) describing a different, smaller portrait given to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Wow, this looks so much like John Singer Sargent's famous painting, "Carnation Lily, Lily Rose." www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/artofthegarden/guide_... The painting dates from 1885, but the children in it have bobbed hair just like this little girl.

wow! how high is the ceiling in that room?

Fabulous image of fabrics and textiles, too.

Not sure if the uploader reads these comments, but you've got a typo in your description: "aortrait" instead of "portrait".

Thank you, octopus.gallery. Good catch. We fixed it.

Amazing Value! From the whitest whites to the darkest darks!