1660-1790

These prints were published in 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn and drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals. They are 24.5 x 37.5 cm (9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″) on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm2 faced in light greyish blue (RGB: d4e1e8), backed in white. Shown here are scans of the prints.
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Pikeman, 1660 (Honourable Artillery Company)
£12.50
Ceremonial dress of The Honourable Artillery Company (the HAC today) (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, 6th Foot, 1735 (Royal Warwickshire)
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The Royal Warwickshire Regiment merged into 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968 (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, 4th Foot, 1743 (King’s Own Royal Regiment)
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The King’s Own Regiment merged into the 3rd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment in 2006 (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, 21st Foot, 1751 (Royal Scots Fusiliers)
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The Royal Scots Fusiliers merged into The Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006 (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Grenadier, 27th Foot, 1751 (Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers)
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The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were amalgamated into the Royal Irish Regiment in 1992 (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer 24th Foot, 1755 (South Wales Borderers)
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The South Wales Borderers were merged into The Royal Regiment of Wales in 1969 (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Sergeant Major, 25th Foot, 1768 (King’s Own Scottish Borderers)
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In 2006 The King’s Own Scottish Borderers [KOSB] merged with 7 other Scottish regiments into The Royal Regiment of Scotland, then with the Royal Scots to form the Royal Scots Borderers, but in 2021 was disbanded, the personnel moving to the newly formed Ranger Regiment (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, 49th Foot, 1775 (The Berkshire Regiment)
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The Hertfordshire Regiment of Foot merged with The Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1881 which merged into The Rifles in 2007 (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Grenadier, Coldstream Guards, 1775
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Coldstream Guards, the oldest regiment in the British Army, part of The Guards Division (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, 1st Guards, 1775 (Grenadier Guards)
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Named The Grenadier Guards after the Battle of Waterloo, 1815; The Guards Division (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, 65th Foot, 1780
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The York and Lancaster Regiment were disbanded in 1968 (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Musketeer, 1st Guards, 1660 (Grenadier Guards)
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The Grenadier Guards were so named after the Battle Waterloo, 1815; Part of the Guards Division
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Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, 23rd Foot, 1790 (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
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The Royal Welch Fusiliers merged into 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh in 2006 (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, 1669
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Unknown unit (possibly the 2nd Foot or Tangier Regiment) (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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Officer, Coldstream Guards, 1680
£12.50
The Coldstream Guards, part of the Guards Division (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

Published 1965 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm²faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
Print is STANDARD size – shipping is the same for 1 to 10 prints (based on largest print size in your order) – see Shipping & Returns.

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The Reformation to Neglect (1660-1790)

The infantry forms the bulk of the British army. The British infantryman was remembered in the many countries of the world where he had been stationed. The Lalkurti (Redcoat) bazaars in the old garrison towns of India and Pakistan are a memorial to his presence. Infantrymen walk on their own two feet and are more concerned with comfort and utility than the cavalry whose dress was flamboyant. The infantryman clothed himself in a serviceable kit. At the Restoration in 1660 clothing followed the severe, utilitarian style of the New Model Army. Clothing was provided by the regiment, and was uniform, but was governed by no regulations. Regiments were not identified by clothing. Pikemen still wore armour, but musketeers abandoned it. As the pike faded out, armour went too. Scarlet became the universal colour by 1700. Facing colours were blue, buff, yellow or white, and green. The cut of coats and waistcoats followed the fashion of the day. Although they look cumbersome and ornate to us, they were the clothes men wore in civilian life. That they were similar in cut and material within a regiment was because they were made by contract and a distinctive colour helped to make recognition easier in a melee. Individual officers introduced their own ideas, and officers of a regiment had freedom to decide what to wear as a regiment. In some regiments officers were reluctant to wear uniform at all. In 1742 and 1751 the first comprehensive regulations for dress were issued and drawings were made of the clothes to be worn.

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