b'113527Paintings & Other Artworks527JAMES WARREN CHILDE (BRITISH, 17781862),Sir William Don (1825-1862),watercolour and gouache on ivory,16 x 11cm, 28 x 23cm overallSir William Don, in British Army uniform as a cornet in the 5th Dragoon Guards (1842-45). He later became an actor, touring Australia in 1860-1862. In Victoria he played for the Richmond and the Inglewood Cricket Clubs, and funded a silver cup after his Inglewood team lost to the Bendigo United Cricket Club. He died in Hobart Town immediately after a performance. Sir William Don hotels traded in Ballarat (1866-1922) and in Hobart (from at least 1871 until recent years).$3,0005,000'