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Redcoat Officer of the 5th Regiment of Foot.
A Napoleonic period portrait of a British Army officer wearing a red coatee with green facings and a red sash; his shoulder belt badge and green facings indicating he is from the 5th Regiment of Foot. He wears silver epaulets and holds his sword in the crook of his left arm.
Unsigned. English circa 1815.
o.s:30.75 in x 36 in
The term ‘Redcoat’, from around the date of this portrait, was often used colloquially in reference to the British Infantryman; General George Washington for example did so during the Siege of Boston in a letter to Joseph Reed.
Introduced in 1747 in a series of clothing regulations and royal warrants the red coatee was worn with various different coloured facings to distinguish the various regiments. Green, as worn in the present portrait was for the 5th Regiment of Foot, Yellow for the 44th and buff for the 3rd.
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