Talk:John Carnac

Differing info from Wallace Collection Online vs. odnb - Catharine v Catherine, 1776 v 1773
Per Wallace info re the Joshua Reynolds painting:

"Elizabeth Catharine Rivett (1751-80), daughter of Thomas Rivett MP, was the second wife of Brigadier-General John Carnac (1716-1800) of the East India Company. The painting was begun in 1775, the year before the couple left for Bombay where Carnac had been appointed Second Member of Council.... The Carnacs were given less than four weeks notice of their departure for India in 1776 and apparently did not have time to collect their picture. Despite being engraved in 1778, it was still in Reynolds’s possession at his death and appeared in his sale in 1796."

"Catharine" is different spelling than "Catherine", which in the wiki article is sourced to odnb but I can't see it there to check because I'm not a member. Also Wallace says the Carnacs departed for Bombay in 1776 in haste, without picking up (or paying for?) their painting -- sounds like the departure ondb says happened "by 1773" when he ran out of money? Or perhaps they had a second departure not covered by odnb, worthy of inclusion in article? I dunno.

Also, if you can sort out the above details, Elizabeth Carnac doesn't have a wiki page, and here she has a Reynolds portrait... (hey?)

76.212.203.45 (talk) 22:20, 7 September 2013 (UTC)