Artist: English School
Location: Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum
Redcoat Images, No. 1,443*
Observations
- 1
Drummer whose age appears to be at least mid- to late-teens. He is
definitely not a “drummer boy”.
- Drummer
wears a buff or light yellow short coat with red facings.
- Lace
has a design which includes red; 5 sleeve darts point up; the pocket flap
is edged with laced; the turnbacks appear to have lace where they hook to
each other; there is no lace on the body of the coat.
- The
other soldiers are wearing blue-faced and buff-faced coats, and the drum
has a field of blue as we would expect with a royal regiment. If the
drummer were permanently assigned to this regiment, he would be wearing a
red coat with blue facings. Perhaps he is “on loan” from another regiment,
or perhaps his regiment just
happens to use a field of blue rather than buff on the drum.
- Drummer
wears a cocked hat with white trim an his hair is clubbed.
- Knee
breeches with half gaiters.
- Black
neck stock is visible.
- Drum
belt is not visible, but is likely the shoulder style rather than “around
the neck” as that would explain the belt not being shown at this angle.
- No
sword present
- Other notes: “This was painted by a local artist who is identified though not named on the far left of the picture. Also shown are Captain Neal (as a boy playing with a hoop); Sergeant Greatwood; Mrs. Lumley; Colonel Lord Berkeley; Miss Savage; Sir John Guise; Reverend Mr. Bishop.” http://www.glosters.org.uk/collectionitem.php?id=4656&from=&to=&category=1&campaign=&keywords=
*Special thanks to Dr. Gregory Urwin's Redcoat Images for supplying the image.
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