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Portrait of an Army Officer said to be a Lane #867322

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Portrait of an Army Officer said to be a Lane #867322
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Augustus Pitt Rivers
Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (14th April, 1827-1900) was an English army officer, ethnologist, and archaeologist. He was noted for his innovations in archaeological methods, and in the museum display of archaeological and ethnological collections. Born Augustus Henry Lane Fox at Bramham, Yorkshire on 14th April 1827, he was the son of William Lane Fox and Lady Caroline Douglas, a Scottish noblewoman. Educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, Lane Fox had a long and successful military career, primarily as a staff officer. He retired in 1882 as a Lieutenant-General. Two years before retirement, Lane Fox inherited the estates of a cousin: Henry Pitt, Baron Rivers. He thereafter adopted the surname Pitt Rivers (sometimes spelled Pitt-Rivers) in honor of his benefactor. Pitt Rivers' interests in archaeology and ethnology began in the 1850s, during postings overseas, and he became a noted scientist while he was still a serving military officer. He was elected, in the space of five years, to the Ethnological Society of London (1861), the Society of Antiquaries of London (1864) and the Anthropological Society of London (1865). By the time he retired he had amassed ethnographic collections numbering tens of thousands of items from all over the world. Influenced by the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, he arranged them typologically and (within types) chronologically. This style of ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Overall good condition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:C. 1774</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:England</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Robert Home</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:30.0</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Title:Portrait of an Army Officer said to be a Lane</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:18th Century School</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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