Portrait of John Gage Rokewode (1786-1842) mb-code 00356429 British lockkeeper

British lockkeeper

the first of three victories in his second World Championship-winning season

Barges are moored in the foreground on the right and smaller vessels move about on the river

from the south-east

Sir Colin Campbell was made Commander-in-Chief in India by Palmerston in July 1857

Portrait of John Gage Rokewode (1786-1842) mb-code 00356429 British lockkeeperHalf length in dark robes, right hand holding a neck chain at chest level Inscribed: 'Painted by Margaret Carpenter. Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts. JOHN GAGE, ESQRE. F. R. S. & F. S. A. Published by W. Carpenter, Old Bond Street. April 26. 1824.' John Gage was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824. He took the name Rokewode in 1838. Original: mezzotint. 1824