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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Grenadier Officer, 1st Guards, 1688 (Grenadier Guards)
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Named The Grenadier Guards after the Battle Waterloo, 1815; 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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Sergeant, Royal Scots, 1707
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Royal Scots and KOSB were merged into 1st Battalion, 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, 2nd Foot, 1715 (Queen’s Royal Regiment)
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The Queen’s Royal Regiment of Foot merged into The Princess of Wales’s Royal 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, 1720
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Officer, Regiment Unknown (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, 3rd Foot, 1725 (Royal East Kent – The Buffs)
£12.50
The Buffs (Royal East Kent) merged into The Princess of Wales’s Royal 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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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.

Grenadier Officer, 1st Guards, 1688 (Grenadier Guards)

Sergeant, Royal Scots, 1707

Grenadier, 2nd Foot, 1715 (Queen’s Royal Regiment)

Officer, 1720

Grenadier, 3rd Foot, 1725 (Royal East Kent – The Buffs)

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